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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Old World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 101
Subspecies Papio cynocephalus
Common name Yellow baboon
Period of study May - November 1995
Country or Region Tanzania
Method Direct observation
Wet season Unknown
Dry season May - November
Environment Unknown
Altitude (m) 1,230 (Hill & Dunbar 2002)
% Fruit 38.6
% Flowers 0.3
% Seeds 0.1
% Roots 48.3
% Vertebrates 3.2
% Invertebrates 1.3
% Other 7.9
Fruit availability peak Unknown
Low fruit availability Unknown
Percentages Based on time spent feeding
Notes Other includes Commiphora ugogensis and Combretum obovatum. Roots comprise USOs.
Reference Pochron 2000
Scanning method All day follows of one male
Full Reference
Pochron, S. T. (2000). The core dry-season diet of Yellow Baboons (Papio hamadryas cynocephalus) in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica, 71: 346–349. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1159/000021758]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Old World monkey 101 from Africa/Tanzania/Ruaha National Park, Tanzania". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2c2fdda3-25ed-4fa7-b38c-a7b6e4110ab3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2tq68k2g

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