Yellow baboon

Papio cynocephalus · Cercopithecidae

The yellow baboon is a baboon in the family of Old World monkeys. The species epithet means "dog-head" in Greek, due to the dog-like shape of the muzzle and head. Yellow baboons have slim bodies with long arms and legs along with yellowish-brown hair.

Where the Yellow baboon lives

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Benin (Africa).

Most records fall in Coast, Rift Valley, Morogoro, Muchinga, Eastern and Machinga.

See the Yellow 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 4,499 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.