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title: "Guinea Baboon"
description: "Papio papio — Mammals. The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/guinea-baboon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Guinea Baboon

> Papio papio — Mammals. The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family.

- Scientific name: *Papio papio*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 388
- Wikidata: [Q748929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748929)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74833](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74833)

## Names

- en: Guinea Baboon
- de: Roter Pavian
- es: Papión de Guinea
- fr: Babouin de Guinée
- nl: Bruine baviaan
- pl: Pawian gwinejski

## Countries with the most observations

GM (149), SN (145), GN (10), ML (3)

## Summary

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.
The Guinea baboon inhabits a small area in western Africa. Its range includes Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali.  Its habitat includes dry forests, gallery forests, and adjoining bush savannas or steppes. It has reddish-brown hair, a hairless, dark-violet or black face with…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_baboon

## Photo

![Guinea Baboon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guinea-baboon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253300955

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/guinea-baboon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).