Whilst birding the Raydah Escarpment near Abha in southwest Saudi Arabia I saw a number of groups of Hamadryas Baboon Papiohamadryas a species that is common in the Abha / Tanoumah area of the Asir Mountains with large groups seen all along the escarpments. (birdsofsaudiarabia.com)
P. hamadryas (Hamadryas baboon) is found in northeast Africa and into southwestern Arabia. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
The Hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth , and so, is also called the sacred baboon. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
However, while behaviorally and physically distinct from other baboon types, the Hamadryas baboon is known to hybridize with olive baboons, and recent phylogenetic studies of Papio show Hamadryas baboons to be more closely related to Guinea and olive baboons than to Chacmas (Newman et al. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Dunbar [1988], for example, suggested that the use of arid areas with low food densities might be responsible for the hamadryas baboon's unique social system, while the chacma baboon is also called the 'mountain' baboon for its use of the Drakensberg mountains [Henzi and Barrett, 2003]. (karger.com)
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Papio hamadryas is a monotypic species (no subspecies). (primatewatching.com)
The price of a good relationship: how much do hamadryas baboons (**Papio hamadryas**) in captivity invest in their grooming relations? (uantwerpen.be)
Effects of food distribution on foraging competition in rhesus monkeys, Macaca mulatta, and Papiohamadryas. (readabstracts.com)
Some consider baboons to be a single species, which is designated Papiohamadryas (Comuzzie et al. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Walking speed as an aging biomarker in baboons (Papiohamadryas). (uwyo.edu)
Low Y chromosome variation in Saudi-Arabian hamadryas baboons (Papiohamadryas hamadryas). (unil.ch)
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Hamadryas baboons live here, a large, social monkey species that lives in large groups that sort out into a well-defined hierarchy. (sandiegozoo.org)
Rhesus monkeys represent a female-bonded group and hamadryas baboons represent a non-female-bonded group. (readabstracts.com)
Results indicate that spatial and temporal conditions affect foraging competition in rhesus monkeys and only temporal conditions affected hamadryas baboons. (readabstracts.com)
Hamadryas baboons obtained more food, but rhesus monkeys had a more flexible foraging behavior. (readabstracts.com)
Many authors distinguish P. hamadryas as a full species, but regard all the others as subspecies of P. cynocephalus and refer to them collectively as "savanna baboons. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
2001] of hamadryas habitats in Eritrea found that this taxon does indeed use more arid environments than neighbouring olive baboons, but also occupies moist coastal lowlands and makes use of a wide range of vegetation types. (karger.com)
And hamadryas baboons have complex hierarchies involving harems, clans, bands and troops. (nbcnews.com)
KUMMER, H. Male assessment of female choice in hamadryas baboons. (bvsalud.org)
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Hamadryas amphinome mazai from En Paco´s Nature Reserve on January 14, 2015 by FRANCISCO MIGUEL FARRIOLS ESTRADA. (inaturalist.org)
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2009, 2013]) or as subspecies of P. hamadryas . (karger.com)
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Look up hamadryas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (wikipedia.org)
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The basic social and reproductive unit in hamadryas baboons is the one male unit (OMU). (animaldiversity.org)
This includes hamadryas and gelada baboons, vervet monkeys and lemurs. (nbcsandiego.com)
Male primates with showier secondary sexual traits, like the large noses of hamadryas baboons, have smaller testicles. (upi.com)
According to the latest study, published Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B , showy traits, like the hair capes of hamadryas baboons or the enlarged noses of proboscis monkeys, and weaponry, such as the enlarged canines of many apes, can help males intimidate their rivals and seduce more females. (upi.com)
Megan Henriquez during her study of hamadryas baboons in Awash National Park, Ethiopia. (leakeyfoundation.org)
He finds that not only the mandrill (Cynocephalus mormon) but the drill (C. leucophaeus) and three other kinds of baboons (C. hamadryas, sphinx, and babouin), also Cynopithecus niger, and Macacus rhesus and nemestrinus, turn this part of their bodies, which in all these species is more or less brightly coloured, to him when they are pleased, and to other persons as a sort of greeting. (infidels.org)
9. Feeding ecology, food availability and ranging patterns of wild hamadryas baboons at Filoha. (nih.gov)
Species vary from the Pallas squirrel and prairie dogs to hamadryas baboons and chimpanzees. (kemphaan.nl)
On the islands you find, among others, hamadryas baboons, green baboons and the Barbary macaque. (kemphaan.nl)
hamadryas baboons often bite their females' necks before seducing them, as do fur seals and other mammals. (dailycal.org)
KUMMER, H. Male assessment of female choice in hamadryas baboons. (bvsalud.org)
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Next in order comes Cynocephalus hamadryas, whilst the other species act in this manner seldomer. (infidels.org)
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A few butterflies make clicking sounds (males of genus Hamadryas ) to protect their space. (kidsbutterfly.org)
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In general, hamadryas males "respect" the social bond between other males and their female affiliates. (animaldiversity.org)