Hamadryas baboon

Each litter has 1 young after a gestation period of 179.3 days, with 0.8 litters per year, and sexual maturity is reached at 4.6 years. Its lifespan is given as 37.5 years, with values up to 45 years, and the IUCN Red List classes it as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

13.9 kg – 23 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

37.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

45 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

179 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.33 years – 4.82 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.8src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The hamadryas baboon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusPapio
7. SpeciesPapio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cynocephalus wagleri, Hamadryas aegyptiaca, Hamadryas chaeropitheus, Papio arabicus, Papio brockmani, Simia cynamolgus, Simia hamadryas, Theropithecus nedjo

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LC, Least Concern

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Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Yellow baboon

Papio cynocephalus

Cercopithecidae

NT, Near Threatened

Guinea baboon

Papio papio

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Chacma baboon

Papio ursinus

Cercopithecidae

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@misc{hamadryas_baboon_2026,
  title = {Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hamadryas-baboon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}