Definition of chacma baboon in English:
chacma baboon
nounˈtʃakməˌCHäkmə bəˈbo͞on
A dark grey baboon which lives on the savannah of southern Africa.
Papio ursinus, family Cercopithecidae
Example sentencesExamples
- But the friendships they are concerned with are not those that develop among humans, but rather those of the chacma baboons that inhabit southern Africa's Zambezi region.
- In her article, however, she includes the photograph of a young chacma baboon.
- During 23 months we observed 110 inter-group interactions involving four groups of chacma baboons in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
- The chacma baboon is a frugivorous species, but leaves also constitute a major part of the diet.
- He also observed chacma baboons at length and he was the father of the scientific study of the behaviour of primates.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Khoikhoi.