Our animals:
Family: Cercopithecidae
Order: Primates
Class: mammals

Length:

56-79 cm

Weight:

18 kg / 10 kg

Nutrition: principally plants, sometimes smaller animals Reproduction: after a 170-173 day-long gestation 1 progeny Did you know? The red bottom of the baboons serves important communication goals. These animals--in fear of predators--walk around the savannah in strict, military order and for the rest of the group it is easier to follow the vivid colour bottom of those males leading the group. Watch it! The hamadryas baboons are social creatures; They live in groups with a complex structure and organized on several levels. They are active in the daytime, They spend a lot of their time with searching for food, They drink together in the hottest hours of the day. The teams gather in the evening and They spend the night on rocks, where They are able to watch the incidental predators. Habitat: Woodland savannahs and forest edges, rocky deserts, semi deserts Spread: From West Africa to Ethiopia, southward to South Africa

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