Chacma Baboon
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Chacma Baboon

Papio ursinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
70–80% · Likely
overall probability at Waterberg Plateau Park
30 Verified records at Waterberg Plateau Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviours, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology. In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, trapping, and accidents kill or remove many baboons from the wild, thereby reducing baboon numbers and disrupting their social structure. Wikipedia →

70–80% of wildlife watchers report a Chacma Baboon sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park, based on 30 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Waterberg Plateau Park

Mohol Bushbaby
LC

Mohol Bushbaby

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Galago moholi

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
70–80
Feb
70–80
Mar
80–90
Apr
60–70
May
70–80
Jun
60–70
Jul
70–80
Aug
60–70
Sep
70–80
Oct
40–50
Nov
70–80
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
70–80%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
50–60%
3 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
50–60%
4 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
40–50%
5 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
6 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
40–50%
7 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
40–50%
8 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
40–50%
9 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
40–50%
10 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
11 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
12 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
13 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
14 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
15 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
20–30%
16 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
17 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
18 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chacma Baboon in Waterberg Plateau Park?

About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Chacma Baboon sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park, based on 30 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chacma Baboon in Waterberg Plateau Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Chacma Baboon in Waterberg Plateau Park in our monthly data.

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