Baboons are Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae which are found natively in very specific areas of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The five species are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primateorder; only the mandrill and the drill are larger. Previously, the closely related gelada (genus Theropithecus) and the two species ( mandrill and drill ) of genus Mandrillus were grouped in the same genus, and these Old World monkeys are still often referred to as baboons in everydayspeech. They range in size and weight depending on species. The Guinea baboon is 50 cm (20 in) and weighs only 14 kg (31 lb), while the largest chacma baboon can be 120 cm (47 in) and weigh 40 kg (88 lb).
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