Guinea Baboon  Guinea Baboon    COMMON NAME: Guinea baboon,
yellow baboon KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Primates FAMILY: Cercopithecidae GENUS SPECIES: Papio
papio   DESCRIPTION: Smallest of the baboon species, they have
reddish-brown fur; black face; yellow-brown sideburns; tail
carried in round arc MALE nape and shoulder hair long in adult
males, forming light hood MALE 50-83 cm (1.6-2.8 ft.) FEMALE
45-70 cm (1.5-2.3 ft.) MALE 13-26 kg (28.6-57 lbs) FEMALE 13-26
kg (28.6-57 lbs) DIET: grass, greens, seeds, fruits, tubers,
roots, leaves, nuts, cereals, invertebrates, young birds, small
mammals GESTATION: 184 days MALE approximately 4 years FEMALE
approximately 4 years LIFE SPAN: 35-45 years RANGE: western
equatorial Africa HABITAT: dry forests, gallery forests, and
adjoining bush savannas or steppes STATUS: IUCN Lower Risk/Near
Threatened CITES Appendix II USFWS Not listed   1. Guinea
baboons are found in grassy, rocky, and steppe habitats in
western Africa. They live in troops of