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In addition to being the largest monkeys on the planet, the 9 species of baboon and mandrill are also some of the most fascinating. Perhaps their most interesting characteristic is their group structure, either using a One Male Unit/OMU or Multi Male Multi Female Unit/MMU. In this video, we'll cover all 6 species of baboons in the Papio genus, both the drill and mandrill and take a quick look at the beautiful Gelada baboon of Ethiopia.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 Baboon Physical Characteristics
01:55 Baboon Species & Distribution
05:21 Baboon Ecology & Diet
07:47 Baboon Social Structure (OMU vs MMU)
09:32 Baboon Communication & Reproduction
10:49 Gelada Baboon Overview
12:32 Mandrill & Drill

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Maps Bamse, Chermundy & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
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Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work.

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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

There are relatively few sources for this video because these first three websites contain such a wealth of information about each of the individual species covered. They are well worth checking out if you would like to read more about these animals.

Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
https://primate.wisc.edu/
New England Primate Conservancy
https://neprimateconservancy.org/
Animal Diversity
https://animaldiversity.org/

Encyclopaedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
IUCN Red List
https://www.iucnredlist.org/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Wor...

Ischial callosities of primates
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
Consortships
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
Baboon menstrual cycle
https://watermark.silverchair.com/030...
Baboon natal care
https://www.princeton.edu/~baboon/cra...
Primate group size
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowl...

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