Guinea Baboon

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Papio papio

Guinea Baboon, a reference photo
Photo: Jakub Friedl from Prague, Czechia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Guinea Baboon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Papio
Species
Papio papio

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