Chacma Baboon vs Holywood

Papio ursinus compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Chacma Baboon is Least Concern while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Papio	Guaiacum
Species	Papio ursinus	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacma Baboon	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.