Baboon Gallery

CHACHA BABOON - Female offers herself to male, showing red bottom to indicate female is in oestrus

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CHACHA BABOON - Female offers herself to male, showing red bottom to indicate female is in oestrus
South Africa.
Papio ursinus
Clem Haagner
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Male Hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas

Male Hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas, and unspecified macaque, Macaca. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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A baboon sits on a rusty goal of an unused soccer stadium in Kenyas Tsavo West national park

A baboon sits on a rusty goal of an unused soccer stadium in Kenya's Tsavo West national park September 23, 2004. Kenya, home to national parks teeming with exotic wildlife, pristine tropical beaches and snow-capped mountains, expects a a 15 percent increase in visitors number after a major promotional drive launched by tourism aurhorities. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE RSS/ - RP5DRHYCOPAC