Chacma Baboon vs Downy Safflower

Papio ursinus compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Chacma Baboon is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Papio	Carthamus
Species	Papio ursinus	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacma Baboon	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Chacma Baboon

The Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) is a species in the genus Papio. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.