Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
A troop of olive baboons passed very close by my group in the Masai Mara. Some were mothers carrying their babies. This male baboon was standing a little separate from the rest eating small white flowers.
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 wide-ranging of all baboons, being found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania. Isolated populations are also present in some mountainous regions of the Sahara.
It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. The common name is derived from its coat color, which is a shade of green-grey at a distance. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure. - Wikipedia
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
A troop of olive baboons passed very close by my group in the Masai Mara. Some were mothers carrying their babies. This male baboon was standing a little separate from the rest eating small white flowers.
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 wide-ranging of all baboons, being found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania. Isolated populations are also present in some mountainous regions of the Sahara.
It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. The common name is derived from its coat color, which is a shade of green-grey at a distance. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure. - Wikipedia