Hamadryas baboon

The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family.^[4] It is the northernmost of all the baboons. It lives in the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions have fewer natural predators than central or southern Africa, where other baboons live.

Hamadryas baboon[1]
Male at Tierpark Hellabrunn
Female, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Papio
Species:	P. hamadryas
Binomial name
Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
Synonyms
Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758

The hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal in ancient Egypt.