Mummies of Olive Baboons and Barbary Macaques in the Baboon Catacomb of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap Goudsmit ◽  
Douglas Brandon-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Papio Hamadryas ◽  
Cercopithecus Aethiops ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Macaca Sylvanus ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Barbary Macaques ◽  
North West ◽  
Olive Baboons ◽  
Papio Hamadryas Anubis

The major objective of the investigation of the Baboon Catacomb in Saqqara in 1996 was to establish the species, sex and age at death of all its surviving monkey cranial material. 146 of the estimated 169 individuals were identified as olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis). Twenty-one Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) were identified. Two guenons were determined as Cercopithecus aethiops. Males outnumbered females by more than 2:1; infants and young juveniles were scarce. The 12% proportion of macaques is remarkable, since the habitat of this species is restricted to the mountainous areas of north-west Africa, in contrast to the extensive African savannah distribution of the green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) and baboons.

scholarly journals Novel Genital Alphapapillomaviruses in Baboons (Papio hamadryas Anubis) With Cervical Dysplasia

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Bergin ◽  
J. D. Bell ◽  
Z. Chen ◽  
M. K. Zochowski ◽  
D. Chai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Dysplasia ◽  
Intraepithelial Neoplasia ◽  
Papio Hamadryas ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Olive Baboons ◽  
Papio Hamadryas Anubis ◽  
Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia ◽  
Human Infections

Genital Alphapapillomavirus (αPV) infections are one of the most common sexually transmitted human infections worldwide. Women infected with the highly oncogenic genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 are at high risk for development of cervical cancer. Related oncogenic αPVs exist in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques. Here the authors identified 3 novel genital αPV types (PhPV1, PhPV2, PhPV3) by PCR in cervical samples from 6 of 15 (40%) wild-caught female Kenyan olive baboons ( Papio hamadryas anubis). Eleven baboons had koilocytes in the cervix and vagina. Three baboons had dysplastic proliferative changes consistent with cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). In 2 baboons with PCR-confirmed PhPV1, 1 had moderate (CIN2, n = 1) and 1 had low-grade (CIN1, n = 1) dysplasia. In 2 baboons with PCR-confirmed PhPV2, 1 had low-grade (CIN1, n = 1) dysplasia and the other had only koilocytes. Two baboons with PCR-confirmed PhPV3 had koilocytes only. PhPV1 and PhPV2 were closely related to oncogenic macaque and human αPVs. These findings suggest that αPV-infected baboons may be useful animal models for the pathogenesis, treatment, and prophylaxis of genital αPV neoplasia. Additionally, this discovery suggests that genital αPVs with oncogenic potential may infect a wider spectrum of non-human primate species than previously thought.

scholarly journals Treponema Infection Associated With Genital Ulceration in Wild Baboons

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Knauf ◽  
E. K. Batamuzi ◽  
T. Mlengeya ◽  
M. Kilewo ◽  
I. A. V. Lejora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Treponema Pallidum ◽  
Papio Hamadryas ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Olive Baboons ◽  
Papio Hamadryas Anubis ◽  
Anogenital Region ◽  
Biological Tests ◽  
Tissue Alterations ◽  
Wild Baboons

The authors describe genital alterations and detailed histologic findings in baboons naturally infected with Treponema pallidum. The disease causes moderate to severe genital ulcerations in a population of olive baboons ( Papio hamadryas anubis) at Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. In a field survey in 2007, 63 individuals of all age classes, both sexes, and different grades of infection were chemically immobilized and sampled. Histology and molecular biological tests were used to detect and identify the organism responsible: a strain similar to T pallidum ssp pertenue, the cause of yaws in humans. Although treponemal infections are not a new phenomenon in nonhuman primates, the infection described here appears to be strictly associated with the anogenital region and results in tissue alterations matching those found in human syphilis infections (caused by T pallidum ssp pallidum), despite the causative pathogen’s greater genetic similarity to human yaws-causing strains.

Rates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis)

Stress ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 526-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Higham ◽  
Ann M. MacLarnon ◽  
Michael Heistermann ◽  
Caroline Ross ◽  
Stuart Semple
Keyword(s):  
Papio Hamadryas ◽  
Olive Baboons ◽  
Papio Hamadryas Anubis ◽  
Wild Olive

scholarly journals The Function of Mounts in Free-Ranging Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Anzá ◽  
Bonaventura Majolo ◽  
Federica Amici
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Agonistic Behavior ◽  
Social Bond ◽  
Macaca Sylvanus ◽  
Barbary Macaques ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rank Difference ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractGenerally, nonreproductive sex is thought to act as “social grease,” facilitating peaceful coexistence between subjects that lack close genetic ties. However, specifc nonreproductive sexual behaviors may fulfill different functions. With this study, we aimed to test whether nonreproductive mounts in Barbary macaques are used to 1) assert dominance, 2) reinforce social relationships, and/or 3) solve conflicts. We analyzed nonreproductive mounts (N = 236) and postmount behavior in both aggressive and nonaggressive contexts, in 118 individuals belonging to two semi-free-ranging groups at La Montagne des Singes (France). As predicted by the dominance assertion hypothesis, the probability to be the mounter increased with rank difference, especially in aggressive contexts (increasing from 0.066 to 0.797 in nonaggressive contexts, and from 0.011 to 0.969 in aggressive contexts, when the rank difference was minimal vs. maximal). The strength of the social bond did not significantly predict the proportion of mounts across dyads in nonaggressive contexts, providing no support for the relationship reinforcement hypothesis. Finally, in support of the conflict resolution hypothesis, when individuals engaged in postconflict mounts, 1) the probability of being involved in further aggression decreased from 0.825 to 0.517, while 2) the probability of being involved in grooming interactions with each other increased from 0.119 to 0.606. The strength of the social bond between former opponents had no significant effect on grooming occurrence and agonistic behavior after postconflict mounts. Overall, our findings suggest that nonreproductive mounts in Barbary macaques have different functions that are not affected by the strength of the social bond.

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