Olive Baboon

The olive baboon, also calledthe Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Old World monkeys. The species is the most wide-ranging of all baboons,[3] being native to 25 countries , extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania. There are even isolated populations of this baboon that inhabit mountainous regions of the Sahara, though it is more commonly found inhabiting savannahs, steppes, and forests. It gets its name from its colour (at a distance it appears green-grey. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure.

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