A West African baboon whose wild ecology has been studied in a Senegalese national park.
Its face is black and hairless, with an elongated, dog-like muzzle. Males are larger than females and have thicker fur on the nape and shoulders.
Guinea Baboons in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park change their home range and daily travel around Simenti with the seasons. Their range has especially strong seasonal changes in rainfall compared with those of other baboon species. Median home range was 27.4 km² in the rainy season and 19.1 km² in the dry season. Average daily travel was 4.4 km in the rainy season and 3.5 km in the dry season. In 2010, home range was larger in the dry season.
Guinea Baboons form a multi-level society whose organization resembles that of Hamadryas Baboons, although the two species live in very different environments. The composition of their diet falls within the range reported for other baboons. Seasonal movement, social organization and diet all describe different parts of their ecology.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
For Guinea Baboons in Niokolo-Koba, home range and daily travel change with the seasons. Retaining the habitats used across seasons can support this local population.