hamadryas baboon
noun
hama·dry·as baboon
ˌha-mə-ˈdrī-əs- 
: a baboon (Papio hamadryas) that has a reddish-pink muzzle and a large bare patch of pink skin on each buttock and that was venerated by the ancient Egyptians
called also sacred baboon
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It will be followed by birding and animal spotting across wadis, mangroves and desert highlands, with targets including pelicans, flamingos, kingfishers, hamadryas baboons and gazelles.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2025
Some of these pastoralists eventually settled in oases along the Nile River, but these areas were outside the natural ranges of olive or hamadryas baboons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
Archaeologists have long puzzled over the prominence of the hamadryas baboon in ancient Egyptian culture.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
The remains belong to a hamadryas baboon discovered by 19th century archaeologists in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
—Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 15 Dec. 2020
At California’s Oakland Zoo, a troop of hamadryas baboons seemed listless, with many of them in hiding at the height of a partial eclipse there that darkened the skies like sunset.
—Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2025
Some of these pastoralists eventually settled in oases along the Nile River, but these areas were outside the natural ranges of olive or hamadryas baboons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
Archaeologists have long puzzled over the prominence of the hamadryas baboon in ancient Egyptian culture.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
The remains belong to a hamadryas baboon discovered by 19th century archaeologists in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
—Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 15 Dec. 2020
At California’s Oakland Zoo, a troop of hamadryas baboons seemed listless, with many of them in hiding at the height of a partial eclipse there that darkened the skies like sunset.
—Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
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