Chacma Baboon vs Mesquite

Papio ursinus compared with Prosopis pallida

Key Differences

• Chacma Baboon is Least Concern while Mesquite is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Mesquite
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Papio	Prosopis
Species	Papio ursinus	Prosopis pallida

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Mesquite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mesquite

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Timor-Leste), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati), and South America (Bolivia, 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.