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An infant olive baboon (Papio anubis) rides its mother, in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa.

An infant olive baboon rides its mother, in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. The olive baboon (Papio anubis, in the family Cercopithecidae) is the most wide-ranging of all baboon species, being native to 25 countries throughout Africa (extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania, plus some mountainous regions of the Sahara). It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. Baboons are among the largest non-hominoid primates and have existed for at least two million years. All baboons have long, dog-like muzzles, heavy, powerful jaws with sharp canine teeth, close-set eyes, thick fur except on their muzzles, short tails, and nerveless, hairless pads of skin on their protruding buttocks called ischial callosities that provide for sitting comfort. Baboons are active during daylight hours on the ground but sleep in trees, or on high cliffs or rocks at night, away from predators. Their omnivorous diet includes a variety of plants and animals. Their principal predators are Nile crocodiles, leopards, lions and hyenas. Most baboons live in hierarchical troops containing harems. Baboons live in the wild from 20 to 30 years — up to 45 years in captivity. // Serengeti National Park was established in 1940 in the eastern Mara and northeastern Simiyu Regions, in Tanzania. UNESCO honors Serengeti National Park as a World Heritage Site. The Serengeti Plains and Ecosystem span the Mara and Arusha Regions of Tanzania.

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An infant olive baboon rides its mother, in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. The olive baboon (Papio anubis, in the family Cercopithecidae) is the most wide-ranging of all baboon species, being native to 25 countries throughout Africa (extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania, plus some mountainous regions of the Sahara). It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. Baboons are among the largest non-hominoid primates and have existed for at least two million years. All baboons have long, dog-like muzzles, heavy, powerful jaws with sharp canine teeth, close-set eyes, thick fur except on their muzzles, short tails, and nerveless, hairless pads of skin on their protruding buttocks called ischial callosities that provide for sitting comfort. Baboons are active during daylight hours on the ground but sleep in trees, or on high cliffs or rocks at night, away from predators. Their omnivorous diet includes a variety of plants and animals. Their principal predators are Nile crocodiles, leopards, lions and hyenas. Most baboons live in hierarchical troops containing harems. Baboons live in the wild from 20 to 30 years — up to 45 years in captivity. // Serengeti National Park was established in 1940 in the eastern Mara and northeastern Simiyu Regions, in Tanzania. UNESCO honors Serengeti National Park as a World Heritage Site. The Serengeti Plains and Ecosystem span the Mara and Arusha Regions of Tanzania.
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