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baboons  

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  • Modern baboons (Superfamily Cercopithecoidea, Family Cercopithecinae,Tribe Papionini, and Genus Papio) are relatively large Old World monkeys of sub-Saharan Africa. There are five species ofPapio (Hamadryas, Guinea, olive, yellow, and chacma baboons) spread across sub-Saharan Africa (see below for species names and their geographic distribution). [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Baboons]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X1F55Z8B-4

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