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Introduction
Guinea Baboon Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subembr. Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infra-class Eutheria Order Primates Family Cercopithecidae Subfamily Cercopithecinae Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name, or binomial, comes from…) Papio papio
Desmarest, 1820 Geographic distribution IUCN conservation status:
NT: Almost threatened
Guinea Baboon (The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon of the Cercopithecidae family.)
The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon of the Cercopithecidae family.
The Guinea baboon lives in a small region of western Africa. Its distribution area extends over Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, the south (South is a cardinal point, opposite to north.) of Mauritania and the west (West is a cardinal point, opposite to the east. This is the direction towards which…) of Mali. It has a short, reddish-brown coat, a dark or black purple face with a pointed muzzle (Le pointu is a family of traditional Mediterranean fishing boats.) and a mane. The Guinea baboon is the smallest of the baboons. It weighs on average fifteen kilograms (The kilogram (symbol kg) is the unit of mass of the International System of Units (SI).
Group of Guinea baboons
It is a diurnal and terrestrial animal but sleeps at night at height. Height has several meanings depending on the area covered. .), in the trees. The number (The notion of number in linguistics is covered in the article “Number…) of trees allowing rest therefore limits the size of groups of individuals. Little is known about their habits but gestation lasts six months (From lat. mensis “month”, and formerly in plural. “menses”) is a period of time…) and the scope is a small. Like all baboons, it is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, buds, roots, insects (Insectes is a French-speaking ecology and entomology journal intended for a wide audience…) and occasionally small mammals.
Due to its semi-endemism and the accelerated destruction of its natural environment, the Guinea baboon is classified as “Near Threatened” by the IUCN.
Note: at the current time (2005), a certain number of specialists consider a single species: Papio hamadryas, including the other Papio would only be subspecies.
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