Papio anubis

(Lesson, 1827)

Olive Baboon

Figure 1. Photograph by B. Stanley.

Figure 2. FMNH 27277. Photograph by R. Banasiak.

Type Description:

Man. Mamm., p. 27

Type Locality:

Upper Nile.

Measurements:

Head and body: 500-1140 mm

Tail length: 450-710 mm

Weight: 11-50 kg

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:176-189.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 33-35.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:569, 588-590.