Papio
Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Papio Erxleben, 1777
Species
Papio hamadryas Papio papio Papio anubis Papio cynocephalus Papio ursinus

Baboons are monkeys of the genus Papio. They are one of the largest kinds of monkey. It is an intelligent Old World monkey. It lives on the ground in groups called troops. Troops can be as small as a few baboons or as big as several hundred members.