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Gelada Baboon
Theropithecus gelada
The Gelada is a unique Old World monkey found exclusively in the Ethiopian Highlands. Distinguished by its hourglass-shaped red patch of skin on the chest, the Gelada is often called the 'bleeding-heart monkey.' It spends most of its life on the ground, grazing on grasses and he…
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- Despite their baboon-like appearance, geladas are the only surviving member of their genus, Theropithecus, and are more closely related to baboons than to any other living monkey.
- Geladas are the only primates that are primarily grazers, feeding mostly on grass blades and seeds. They have a specialized, highly dexterous hand grip for plucking grass. Unlike other baboons, geladas have a unique social structure with multi-level hierarchies.
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