• The bare patch of a baboon's rump is smaller in the olive baboon than in the Hamadryas baboon or Guinea baboon. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, considerable hybridisation has occurred between the olive baboon and the hamadryas baboon in Ethiopia. (wikipedia.org)
  • The grasslands, especially those near open woodland, do make up a large part of its habitat, but the baboon also inhabits rainforests and deserts. (wikipedia.org)
  • The species is the most wide-ranging of all baboons, being native to 25 countries throughout Africa, extending from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and Tanzania. (wikipedia.org)
  • The exact boundaries of this strip are not clearly defined, as the species' territory overlaps with that of other baboon species. (wikipedia.org)
  • This species is part of a complex of closely related African baboon species. (animaldiversity.org)
  • The olive baboon lives in groups of 15 to 150, made up of a few males, many females, and their young. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among olive baboons in Tanzania, high-ranking females give birth at shorter intervals to infants with a higher survival rate, and their daughters tend to mature faster than low-ranking females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most social grooming within the OMU is focused on the leader male, with females grooming him, especially his mane, face, and buttocks. (animaldiversity.org)
  • Throughout its wide range, the olive baboon can be found in a number of different habitats. (wikipedia.org)
  • Papio hamadryas is found on the African continent in the area of the southern Red Sea, in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea. (animaldiversity.org)
  • This coloration is shared by both sexes, although males have a mane of longer hair that tapers down to ordinary length along the back. (wikipedia.org)
  • Each baboon has a social ranking somewhere in the group, depending on its dominance. (wikipedia.org)
  • The basic social and reproductive unit in hamadryas baboons is the one male unit (OMU). (animaldiversity.org)