Guinea baboon

Weight

13.9 kg – 23 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

37.4 years – 45 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

179 days

Young per litter or clutch

1.01

Age at maturity

4.52 years – 4.82 years

Litters or clutches a year

0.81

Active

By day (diurnal)

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusPapio
7. SpeciesPapio papio (Desmarest, 1820)

Synonyms Cynocephalus olivaceus, Cynocephalus papio, Papio rubescens

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Hamadryas baboon

Papio hamadryas

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Olive baboon

Papio anubis

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Yellow baboon

Papio cynocephalus

Cercopithecidae

C

Chacma baboon

Papio ursinus

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

K

Kinda baboon

Papio kindae

CercopithecidaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{guinea_baboon_2026,
  title = {Guinea baboon (Papio papio)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/guinea-baboon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}