Papio hamadryas - #403

Hamadryas Baboon
Close-up of head of adult male, mouth partially open showing dentition. Also as Mantled Baboon|Sacred Baboon.
Geographic Distribution

Arid zone of Red Sea coast of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, N Somalia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia

Order/Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Papio
Specific Epithet
hamadryas
Image Location
USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Image Date
1978
Photographer
AH Shoemaker