Gelada Theropithecus gelada

Gelada Theropithecus gelada
(aka Gelada Baboon though it is not, strictly speaking, a baboon)

Gemesa Geden, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Gelada is distributed in the mountains of Ethiopia, principally in the Simian Mountains at between 2,000 and 5,000 metres. See the distribution map at IUCN. At night they sleep on the steep rocky slopes but during the day they migrate to the flatter grasslands to feed on grass, roots and tubers.

A male has several females in his harem but several males can get together to form a larger group.

For more information see the ARKive page.

I managed to take a video of the troop:

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