Hamadryas

In these reports, the baboons were described as hamadryas baboons, which in the past may have lived in the Red Sea mountains. ❋ Unknown (2002)

They are found all over Africa, from Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope; while one species, called the hamadryas, extends from ❋ Various (N/A)

De Waal: Solly Zuckerman was an anatomist who, tragically, established a group of hamadryas baboons at the London Zoo in the wrong way and then assumed their murderous behavior was the same in nature. ❋ Eric Michael Johnson (2011)

The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females. ❋ Eric Michael Johnson (2011)

Baboon Papio hamadryas visual preferences for regions of the face. ❋ ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ (2009)

Often, gelada and hamadryas baboon harems have a hanger-on or follower male who is too young, too inexperienced, or too low ranking to acquire his own harem. ❋ Field Notes (2008)

In some areas of Yemen the Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is still widespread but said to be declining, while the population of Saudi Arabia is expanding and has become common around cities such as Abha and Taif. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Why do gelada and hamadryas females live such different social lives? ❋ Field Notes (2008)

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)

In contrast, their hamadryas counterparts focus most of their grooming on 'the boss.' ❋ Field Notes (2008)

Gelada baboon social structure is also especially interesting because it contrasts sharply with a closely related species of baboon — the hamadryas baboon. ❋ Field Notes (2008)

The hamadryas or sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas), which was held sacred in ancient Egypt and often mummified, is today endemic to the arid Horn, living on hillsides and escarpments bordering the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think the story of the gelada and hamadryas baboons suggests so. ❋ Field Notes (2008)

Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) are common in the woodlands throughout the ecoregion and both the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) and the vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) occur in the forests. ❋ Unknown (2008)