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An adult baboon carries a baby baboon on her back. baboons grooming
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chacma baboon anubis baboons (Papio anubis) Figure 36: Mother olive baboon (Papio anubis) and young.
Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape
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Also Known As Chaeropithecus • Papio

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An adult baboon carries a baby baboon on her back.
baboons grooming
chacma baboon
anubis baboons (Papio anubis)
Figure 36: Mother olive baboon (Papio anubis) and young.
The video thumbnail image shows two black and white photos of monkey and ape heads, surrounded by blue and pink circles.
Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape
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