Guinea baboon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Guinea baboon lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Papio papio
Group	Monkeys
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Guinea baboon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Guinea baboon in 4 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 Guinea baboon endangered?

The Guinea baboon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Guinea baboon?

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

About the Guinea baboon

The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Guinea baboon (revision 1366136922), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q748929 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).