This is the smallest of all the baboons.

Subspecies
None.

Life span
Guinea baboons can live for over 40 years.

Statistics
Body length: 68cm, Tail length: 56cm, Weight: 17kg.

Physical description
Guinea baboons have a reddish-brown coat. The mane of the adult male is shorter than in other baboon species.

Distribution
Guinea baboons inhabit Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Habitat
Guinea baboons prefer evergreen gallery forest and woodland savannah. They avoid tall grass, as this hinders their ability to spot predators.

Diet
They feed on grass, seeds, young leaves, fruits, tubers, cereals, invertebrates, young birds and small mammals.

Behaviour
Guinea baboons live in multi-male, multi-female groups. The typical social-structure is for 1 male and 3-4 females to forage separately in a subgroup, and then for several subgroups to gather together for the night at a sleeping site. They are diurnal and spend most of their time on the ground.

Reproduction
After a gestation period of 184 days, females give birth to one infant.

Conservation status
Guinea baboons are in the Lower Risk category of the 2000 IUCN Red List.