Baboon

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Baboon
Portrait Of A Baboon.jpg
Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Cercopithecidae
Genus:
Papio

Erxleben, 1777
Species

Baboons are monkeys of the genus Papio. They are one of the largest kinds of monkey. It is an intelligent Old World monkey. It lives on the ground in groups called troops. Troops can be as small as a few baboons or as big as several hundred members.

Distribution

unidentified monkey

Baboons live in forests and on savannahs in Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula. As they move into the open land, the family groups come together into groups several hundred strong, led by adult males that work together to protect the others from predators.

Other Languages
Afrikaans: Bobbejaan
አማርኛ: ኣንኮ
العربية: رباح
asturianu: Papio
azərbaycanca: Pavianlar
বাংলা: বেবুন
беларуская: Павіяны
беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Павіяны
български: Павиани
བོད་ཡིག: ཧྥེ་ཧྥེ།
brezhoneg: Babouz (bronneg)
català: Papió
čeština: Pavián
chiShona: Gudo
dansk: Savannebavianer
Deutsch: Paviane
Diné bizaad: Mágí bíchį́į́htsohígíí
eesti: Paavian
Ελληνικά: Μπαμπουίνος
English: Baboon
español: Papio
Esperanto: Paviano
euskara: Babuino
فارسی: عنتر دم‌کوتاه
français: Babouin
Gaeilge: Babún
Gaelg: Baboon
galego: Babuíno
한국어: 개코원숭이
հայերեն: Պավիաններ
हिन्दी: बबून
Ido: Babuino
Bahasa Indonesia: Babun
isiZulu: Imfene
íslenska: Bavíanar
italiano: Papio
עברית: בבון
ქართული: პავიანი
kaszëbsczi: Pawión
қазақша: Павиандар
Kiswahili: Nyani
kurdî: Babûn
Кыргызча: Павиандар
кырык мары: Павиан
лакку: Павиан
latviešu: Paviāni
lietuvių: Pavianai
magyar: Pávián
Bahasa Melayu: Babun
Nederlands: Bavianen
日本語: ヒヒ
Nordfriisk: Paawianer
norsk: Bavianer
norsk nynorsk: Bavianar
олык марий: Павиан
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Pavianlar
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਬਬੂਨ
پنجابی: بیبون
polski: Pawian
português: Babuíno
română: Babuin
Runa Simi: Pawyun
русский: Павианы
Seeltersk: Pavian
سنڌي: ببون
српски / srpski: Павијан
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Babun
suomi: Paviaanit
svenska: Babianer
Tagalog: Papio
తెలుగు: కొండముచ్చు
ไทย: ลิงบาบูน
Türkçe: Babun
удмурт: Павиан
українська: Павіан
Tiếng Việt: Khỉ đầu chó
Yorùbá: Ìnàkí
粵語: 狒狒
中文: 狒狒屬