Guinea baboon

Papio papio · Cercopithecidae

The Guinea baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P.

Where the Guinea baboon lives

Recorded in Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea (Africa).

Most records fall in Central River, Tambacounda, West Coast, Assaba, Kédougou and Lower River.

See the Guinea baboon’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Near threatened (NT). Not at risk yet, but could be soon. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 911 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.