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THE MAMMALS OF ETHIOPIAN AFRICA 



. „ ,_ The southern districts of Abyssinia form the home of the ffelada 



Gelada Baboon. . " ^ 



baboon (Titer opithecus gelada), a rather large species distinguished 



from the true dog-faced baboons by the presence of an enormous mantle of long 

 hair on the fore-quarters, which, however, leaves the chest bare, and the tufted tail. 

 From these peculiarities, it is frequently called the lion monkey. It is dark- 

 coloured, with the bare parts crimson. 



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GELADA BABOONS. 



Dog-Faced 

 Baboons. 



The more typical representatives of the dog-faced baboons of 

 the genus Papio (or Cynocephahis) are connected with the gelada by 

 means of the hamadryad or maned baboon (P. hamadryas), which is a native of 

 Abyssinia, with an outlying local race (P. h. arabicus) in Arabia. This baboon has 

 a profuse mane but not the bare chest-patch and the tail-tuft of the gelada. Young 

 males and females of all ages are dark olive-brown, but in old males the mane 

 and cheek-tufts become pale ashy. 



Of the more typical members of the group the anubis baboon (P. aniibis), 



