Papio cynocephalus anubis

Length: 72.5 cm (29 inches)

Tail: 56-84cm (22-34inches)

Weight: 11-30 kg (24-66 lb.) female, 22-50 kg (48-110 lb.) male

Status: common

Habitat: The olive baboon is the most widespread of all the various races of baboon. It is found in a wide variety of habitats. It prefers areas where there is a grassland-forest mix.

Role: omnivore

Food: Olive baboons are omnivores and eat a wide variety of foods depending on the season and their location. They eat grass in open areas and fruits in forests. In dry seasons, they will eat resin and gum. Locusts are eaten when they are abundant. Other foods include tubers, bulbs, roots, leaves, buds, flowers, seeds, shoots, twigs, bark, aquatic plants, mushrooms and lichens. In the dry season, baboons will dig up and eat nutritious corms and rhizomes.

Predators: Leopards are the major predator but not the only one. Lions pose a threat too.

Other predators include pythons, large eagles, spotted hyenas and humans.