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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Old World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 95
Subspecies Papio anubis
Common name Olive baboon
Period of study May 1971, May - July 1972, September - October 1972
Country or Region Ethiopia
Method Scan sampling
Wet season July - September
Dry season September - June
Environment Gallery forest, dense understorey, grassland thickets
Altitude (m) 1700
% Fruit 54.9
% Leaves 32.9
% Flowers 7.4
% Roots 1.6
% Invertebrates 2.7
% Bark and cambium 0.7
Fruit availability peak May - June
Low fruit availability Dry season
Percentages Based on time spent feeding
Notes Fruit includes seeds.
Reference Dunbar & Dunbar 1974
Scanning method Activity counts of all visible animals (Crook Aldrich-Blake, 1968) were taken at 10-minute intervals, the activity and if feeding, what it was feeding on was recorded.
Full Reference
Dunbar, R. I. M. and Dunbar, E. P. (1974). Ecological relations and niche separation between sympatric terrestrial primates in Ethiopia. Folia Primatologica, 21: 36-60. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1159/000155595]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Old World monkey 95 from Africa/Ethiopia/Bole Valley, Ethiopia". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d4a59e0b-9f1e-439b-96b1-2e3649dc5e5c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2280p402

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