Baboons

"Baboons." World Book On Line Reference Center. 05 Jan. 2009  media type="file" key="Baboons" width="108" height="108" [|BABY BABOON AND MOTHER] Baboons vs. Flamingos
 * ba**|**boon** «ba BOON», //noun.//
 * 1)  one of several kinds of large, fierce monkeys, which have a doglike face and a rather short tail. Baboons live in large groups, called troops, on plains or in the rocky hills of Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Baboons have large canine teeth; cheek pouches; and naked, leathery flesh on the buttocks, often of a bright color. The chacma //(Papio ursinus),// and hamadryas //(Papio hamadryas)// are baboons.