Chacma baboon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chacma baboon lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Papio ursinus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the chacma baboon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chacma baboon in 5 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the chacma baboon endangered?

The chacma baboon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the chacma baboon?

The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Papio. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the chacma baboon

The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviours, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology. In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, trapping, and accidents kill or remove many baboons from the wild, thereby reducing baboon numbers and disrupting their social structure.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chacma baboon (revision 1380542974), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q257670 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).