Olive baboon (Papio anubis)
Olive baboons live in a matriarchal society, with females leading the troop and males changing troops every few years.
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Living together
Great Rift: Africa's wild heart
Baboons have made savannah living a success, but sometimes life isn't fair.
Baboons have made savannah living a success, but sometimes life isn't fair.
Baboon parliament
Great Rift: Africa's wild heart
Baboons prefer climbing smooth rock faces in the dark to a night out in the open.
Baboons prefer climbing smooth rock faces in the dark to a night out in the open.
Baboon society
The Life of Mammals
It takes time and brain power to rise to the top of a large group.
It takes time and brain power to rise to the top of a large group.
Social problems
Journey of Life
Living in troops makes for good defence - and tense social situations.
Living in troops makes for good defence - and tense social situations.
Society rules
Cousins
Highly social baboons play nice with the neighbours.
Highly social baboons play nice with the neighbours.
Flamingo hunters
The Life of Mammals
In just five years a baboon troop has learned to exploit a new food source.
In just five years a baboon troop has learned to exploit a new food source.
Featured in the following TV programmes
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Coming soon
Great Rift: Africa's wild heart: Grass
Looking at the spectacular game herds of East Africa's grasslands.
Tue 9, 19:00 on BBC Two
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Catch Up
Great Rift: Africa's wild heart: Grass
Looking at the spectacular game herds of East Africa's grasslands.
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Catch Up
Great Rift: Africa's wild heart: Fire
Looking at the unique wildlife of East Africa's volcanic mountains.
Earth News
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When two baboon troops go to war
An epic battle between hundreds of Hamadryas baboons is caught on camera by a BBC natural history film crew.
About the Olive baboon
The Olive Baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis Baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys). The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania. Isolated populations are also found in some mountainous regions of the Sahara. It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forest areas.
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Scientific Classification
Family: Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae)
Species: Olive Baboon (anubis)
Other Papio
- Hamadryas baboon (hamadryas)
Common Names
Anubis baboon
The Olive baboon is
Adaptation data provided by Animal Diversity Web
Where can I see them?
They can be found in the following habitats:
Conservation Status
The Olive baboon is Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
- EX - Extinct
- EW
- CR - Threatened
- EN - Threatened
- VU - Threatened
- NT
- LC - Least concern
Population trend: Increasing
Year assessed: 2008
Elsewhere on the web
- Animal Diversity Web (animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu)
- University of Wisconsin primate research centre: fact file (pin.primate.wisc.edu)
- IUCN Red List information (iucnredlist.org)
- Olive Baboon (wikipedia.org)
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