Chacma Baboons
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ORDER |
FAMILY |
Scientific
name |
|
Primates |
Cercopithecidae |
Papio
ursinus
(Kerr,1792) |
|
HABITAT |
Savannah woodland and
mountains. Baboons are very seldom seen in open grasslands. |
|
HABITS |
Baboons leave in troops of up
to 40 or 50 individuals, congregating at nigh in a chosen tree
or cliff, where they sleep, and from which they descend in the
morning to look for food. They never travel too far from their
sleeping spots, not more than 1 or 2 kilometres, but they
normally have more than one of these sleeping-sites, within
their territory, that they use on a rotation basis.
Spending most of the daylight hours on the ground, Baboons are
very exposed to predators, Leopard in particular. They have a
very good hearing and eyesight.
Baboons are always on the alert, very often associating with
other animals, like Impala. If a predator approaches, the males
give the alarm bark, and all the troop will go up the tree or
trees; if no trees available, the vulnerable members of the
troop will congregate in the centre of the group, with the males
on the outside.
Adult males can weigh up to 35Kg and their life span is about 18
years. |
|
DIET |
Baboons are omnivorous, feeding
on fruit, roots, leaves, grass, flowers, insects, lizards, birds
and their eggs. They might even kill the new bornes of some
antelope and even Leopard cubs. |
|
BREEDING |
Females give birth to a single
young after a gestation period of about 6 months, not mating
again for the following 18 months. |
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Baboons on the Cape Peninsula need to be managed in order to ensure
survival.
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