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title: "Gelada"
description: "Theropithecus gelada — Mamíferos. The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/gelada
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gelada

> Theropithecus gelada — Mamíferos. The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.

- Scientific name: *Theropithecus gelada*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 419
- Wikidata: [Q194080](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194080)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43530](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43530)

## Names

- en: Gelada
- de: Blutbrustpavian
- es: Gelada
- fr: Gelada
- nl: Gelada
- pt: Gelada
- pl: Dżelada brunatna

## Countries with the most observations

ET (302)

## Summary

The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level. It is the only living member of the genus Theropithecus, a name derived from the Greek root words for "beast-ape" (θηρο-πίθηκος : thēro-píthēkos). Like its close relatives in genus Papio, the baboons, it is largely terrestrial, spending much of its time foraging in grasslands, with grasses comprising up to 90% of its…

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

## Photo

![Gelada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gelada/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Edmunds · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33592953

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gelada?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).