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| Copyright: Bob Klinkhamer (bbace) (39) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-08-21 |
| Categories: Mammals |
| Exposure: f/4.5, 1/800 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-09-09 8:05 |
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Hamadryas Baboon
Conservation status
Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Papio
Species: P. hamadryas
Binomial name
Papio hamadryas
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons; its range extends from the Red Sea in Egypt to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It also lives on the Arabian peninsula, though it is uncertain if this population was introduced by humans or not. The Hamadryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also called the Sacred Baboon. |
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