Chacma baboon

Papio ursinus · Cercopithecidae

The chacma baboon, also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviours, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings.

Where the Chacma baboon lives

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia (Africa).

Most records fall in Western Cape, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, North-West, Limpopo and Eastern Cape.

See the Chacma baboon’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 12,016 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.