DID YOU KNOW!!
Large males can be intimidating – disconcertingly towards women, whom they identify as less threating than men.
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Yellow Baboon (Nyani) inhabit savannas and light forest in Eastern Africa from Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and BOtswana. On your safati to the above countries you will be able to watch baboon at up close.
IDENTIFICATION
THe Yellow Baboon has a yellowish brown coat and somewhat lighter in build with more slender limbs than Olive Baboon. The males lack the distinctive mane of their larger relatives. Males can weigh 27-40kg while female weigh 14-17kg.
SOCIAL LIFE & BEHAVIOUR
Yellow Baboon are found in troops of 10-100 individuals. A troop consist of a number of family units of related females and their offsprings. Mothers are usually the head of the family in the troops. The males leave their natal home or troop ata maturity age of 4yrs. Where they join fellow male troops. They have unique way of communicating their feeling and emotions. Instead of fighting, Baboons display their anger through intense staring, ground slapping, yawning by exposing canines & branch shaking.
DIET
Baboons are omnivores, feeding on grass, seeds, roots, fruits, honey comb, bark sap, new born gazelles, young impalas, eggs, worms, insects, spiders, lizards & ground nesting birds.
GESTATION
Gestation period varies between 175-190 days. Females give birth to one offspring during the night. During the first months the baby is totally dependant on the mother. At 1 year it considered grown and indipendent. Female get to maturity at 5-6yrs while male 4-7 years.
RELATION WITH HUMANBEING
Biggest threat is continued growth of humanbeing population withing the natural range of these spicies. They are also hunted by local community for food.
STATUS List Concern
TYPE Mammal
DIET Omnovorous
SCIENTIFIC NAME Papio Cynocephalus
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