Chacma Baboon vs Fern Palm

Papio ursinus compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Chacma Baboon is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Papio	Cycas
Species	Papio ursinus	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacma Baboon	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.