Chacma+baboon

The chacma baboon, also known as the cape baboon, from the cercopeithecidae family is often considered to be one of the largest of all the monkey species. A subspecies would include the gray footed chacma. The chacma baboon is normally 115 cm long, weigh up to 45 kg, and have a tail length of 84 cm. The females tend to be smaller weighing up to 25 kg. The chacma baboon is similar in size to the olive baboon but is also similar in weight to the mandrill.

The chacma baboon usually has a dark grey coloring with a rough patch of hair on the nape of the neck. The chacma baboon also doesn't have a mane like other species of baboon. The most distinctive feature is the downward sloping face with large canine teeth. The chacma baboon inhabits many area such as woodlands, savanna, and sub-desert. Chacma baboons are omnivorous eating fruit insects, seeds, grass, and fungi. There has been in instance of a chacma baboon killing an infant but the event was so rare that locals believed it was due to witch craft.

Chacma baboons normally flee at the sight of humans. The chacma baboon is hunted by leopards and lions. Although chama baboons are not endangered, but in areas where they are in close contact with humans, they are often considered vermin which leads locals to hunting them. It is estimated they will go extinct in ten years.