The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas ) is a species of baboon within the Old World Monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn Of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula.
Apart from the striking (males are nearly twice as large as females, which is common to most baboons) this species also shows differences in coloration among adults. Adult males have a pronounced cape (mane and mantle), silver-white in color, which they develop around the age of ten, while the females are capeless and brown all over.
Their faces range in color from reddish to tan to a dark brown.
The hamadryas baboon lives in arid areas, savannas, and rocky areas, requiring cliffs for sleeping and finding water. Like all baboons, the hamadryas baboon is and is adapted to its relatively dry habitat.
During the wet seasons, the baboon feeds on a variety of foods, including blossoms, seeds, grasses, wild roots, bark and leaves from acacia trees. During the dry season, the baboons eat the leaves of the trees and sical leaves.
Hamadryas baboons also eat insects, spiders, worms, scorpions, reptiles, birds, and small mammals, including antelope.
This means that like all baboons they were omnivores.
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