Chacma

Medium-sized mammals, such as chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), honey badger (Mellivora capensis), aardvark (Orycteropus after), and rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) are all found in this ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"pig-faced" baboon or "chacma" (_Cynocephalus porcarius_), which is found in nearly every part of South Africa where there are high cliffs with caves and crevices -- the favourite dwelling-places of the baboon. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Vervet monkey Cercopithecus aethiops and chacma baboon Papio ursinus are common round the falls and lion Panthera leo (VU) and leopard P. pardus are occasionally seen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The chacma baboon is found in the countries of Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Black rhino, buffalo, eland and warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) have been reintroduced, while natural populations of greater kudu, bushbuck, common duiker and springbuck (Antidorcas marsupialis) as well as chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) are common. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Its varied diet ranges from larger animals such as bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), and bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) to smaller animals including mice. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Once in a while it was broken by chacma baboons that approached the compound in search of a handout. ❋ Clancy, Tom (2002)

Although he was well past the age when his peers were said to grow cantankerous, and although he was a chacma-the largest of the baboon families-Mon Cul was considered a fit companion for the circus tots. ❋ Robbins, Tom (1971)

_P. lydekkeri_, and the chacma, _P. porcarius_ of the Cape, represent the subgenus _Choeropithecus_. ❋ Various (N/A)

In the same house there was a large dog-faced ape (chacma) named "Joe," whose friend and companion was a little white and black kitten. ❋ James Weir (1881)

Many odd stories are told of the chacma baboon among the settlers of ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Who does not feel disgust when regarding the hideous mandrill -- the drill -- the hamadryas -- or even the chacma? ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

January 12th, 2010 LONDON - A new study has shown that alpha-male chacma baboons allow lower-ranking males to mate with their females as a way to protect the dominant male's own offspring in their absence. ❋ Ani (2010)

Using mice to assess the degree of relatedness in chacma baboons ❋ Unknown (2010)

Silk and her colleagues studied 44 adult female chacma baboons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Female chacma baboons that form close, lasting friendships, such as this pair in which one is grooming the other, tend to live longer than female troop mates that switch friends more often, a new study finds. ❋ Unknown (2010)