hamadryas baboon, sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas)

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Subject:	hamadryas baboon, sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas)
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Artist Robert Kretschmer (1818–1872)
Creator:Richard Illner
Description
Cynocephalus hamadryas
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Brehm, Thierleben (Brehms Tierleben)
Old Latin name Cynocephalus hamadryas
New Latin name Papio hamadryas
Common name Nederlands: Mantelbaviaan
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cynocephalus_hamadryas_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ20100013.tif

The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. The hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians and appears in various roles in ancient Egyptian religion, hence its alternative name of 'sacred baboon'.

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