Kinda baboon
The Kinda baboon (Papio kindae) is a species of baboon present in the miombo woodlands of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania. It was once considered a subspecies of the yellow baboon (P. cynocephalus), then distinct enough to merit status as full species (P. kindae) under the phylogenetic species concept.[3]
| Kinda baboon[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Papio |
| Species: | P. kindae |
| Binomial name | |
| Papio kindae Lönnberg, 1919 | |
It is named after the town in southern DRC where the type-locality was found.[4]
Description
The Kinda baboon is golden in color with a light build and slender, lanky appearance. Their fur is somewhat longer and is less coarse and much softer compared to other baboon species. It is the smallest of all baboons; adult males are about the size of adult females of other baboon species.[5] The Kinda baboon is also characterized by a shorter snout and pink circles around the eyes. Infants are usually born with white hair rather than black, typical of other baboons.[6] Sexual dimorphism in Kindas is more moderate than in any other baboon species.[7]
Hybrid species
Baboons in between the size of the Kinda baboon and the yellow baboon are present in northeastern Zambia, and possibly in northern Malawi and southwestern Tanzania as well.[8][9] Such a broad area of intergradation has been taken as evidence of substantial genetic exchange between the two taxa.
Kinda baboons hybridise with chacma baboons in Kafue National Park in southern Zambia.[10]
Behaviour
The Kinda baboons live in multisexual groups, similar to olive and yellow baboons.[6] These are often much larger, often comprising over 100 baboons. Compared to all other baboon species, Kindas are unusually docile and uniquely characterized by high levels of male investment in male-female social relationships. Strict social hierarchy with female permanent rank obtained from the mother was observed as in other species. Males join new groups and may rise in rank, but violent confrontations are mostly avoided.[11]
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). "Papio kindae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Wallis, J.; Petersdorf, M.; Weyher, A.H.; Jolly, C.J. (2021). "Papio kindae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136848A190319676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136848A190319676.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "Papio kindae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "Contributions to the knowledge about the monkeys of Belgian Congo". Revue zoologique africaine. 7: 107–154. 1919. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15112. ISSN 0771-0488.
- Jolly, C.J. (1993). "Species, subspecies, and baboon systematics". In W.H. Kimbel; L.B. Martin (eds.). Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution. New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-3745-2. ISBN 978-1-4899-3747-6. S2CID 38071293.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rogers J, Burrell AS, Cotterill FP, Jolly CJ (2004). "A preliminary report on the 'Kinda' baboons of Zambia". Folia Primatologica. 75 (S1): 61.
- "Kinda Baboons". Kasanka Baboon Project. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- Freedman L (1963). "A biometric study of Papio cynocephalus skulls from northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland". Journal of Mammalogy. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 44, No. 1. 44 (1): 24–43. doi:10.2307/1377165. JSTOR 1377165.
- Ansell WF, Dowsett RJ (1988). Mammals of Malawi. St. Ives: The Trendrine Press. ISBN 0951256203.
- Jolly, Cliff; Burrell, Andrew S.; Phillips-Conroy, Jane; Bergey, Christina M. (March 2011). "Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) and grayfoot chacma baboons (P. ursinus griseipes) hybridize in the Kafue River Valley, Zambia". American Journal of Primatology. 73 (3): 291–303. doi:10.1002/ajp.20896. PMID 21274900. S2CID 205329586. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- Weyher, Anna H.; Phillips-Conroy, Jane E.; Fourrier, Marc S.; Jolly, Clifford J. (2014). "Male-Driven Grooming Bouts in Mixed-Sex Dyads of Kinda Baboons (Papio kindae)". Folia Primatologica. 85 (3): 178–191. doi:10.1159/000362544. ISSN 0015-5713. PMID 25012475. S2CID 42289552.
Further reading
Petersdorf, Megan; Weyher, Anna H.; Kamilar, Jason M.; Dubuc, Constance; Higham, James P. (2019-10-01). "Sexual selection in the Kinda baboon". Journal of Human Evolution. 135: 102635. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.06.006. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 31421317. S2CID 201057551.