Chacma Baboon vs Sprawling signalgrass

Papio ursinus compared with Urochloa reptans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Sprawling signalgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Papio	Urochloa
Species	Papio ursinus	Urochloa reptans

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Sprawling signalgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacma Baboon	Sprawling signalgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sprawling signalgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), 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.