Kinda Baboon

• Common Name: Kinda Baboon
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1919
• Monkey Size: 50.8 to 114.3 cm (20 to 45 in)
• Skin Color(s): Golden
• Habitat: Chaparral, forest, scrub forest, savanna or grassland
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Tanzania

The Kinda baboon^[1] (Papio kindae) is a species of baboon found in the Miombo forests of Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly western Tanzania.

• Golden in color, the Kinda Baboon has a light build and a slim, slender appearance.
• Their fur is slightly longer and much softer than other baboons in the Papio genus.
• Kinda baboons are the smallest of all baboons; however, adult males are about the same size as adult females of other baboon species.
• The Kinda baboons have a shorter snout and pink rings around the eyes.
• Babies are usually born with white hair instead of black, which is typical of other baboons.
• Sexual dimorphism in Kinda baboons is more moderate than in other baboon species.

• The species is named after the town in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the type locality was found.
• Kinda baboons live in groups of several males and females, similar to yellow and olive baboons. Still, they are much larger (often more than 100 individuals).
• Compared to all other baboon species, the Kinda baboon is exceptionally docile and is characterized by a high level of male investment in male-to-female social relationships.
• As in other species, a strict social hierarchy was observed, with female rank retained from the mother.
• Male species join new groups and may rise in rank, but violent confrontations are generally avoided, unlike all other baboon species.