Gelada: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the gelada lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Theropithecus gelada
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Diet (main food)	grass
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the gelada live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gelada in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Ethiopia

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.

What does a gelada eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the gelada as: grass.

Is the gelada endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the gelada?

The gelada (Theropithecus gelada) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Theropithecus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the gelada

The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level. It is the only living member of the genus Theropithecus, a name derived from the Greek root words for "beast-ape" (θηρο-πίθηκος : thēro-píthēkos). Like its close relatives in genus Papio, the baboons, it is largely terrestrial, spending much of its time foraging in grasslands, with grasses comprising up to 90% of its diet.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gelada (revision 1343761319), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194080 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).