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What does hamadryas mean?

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  1. A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt
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Other primates occasionally taken by wolves include grey langurs in Nepal and hamadryas baboons in Saudi Arabia.
We also repeated some analyses with data from the researchers, who used foraging-group size for the gelada and hamadryas baboon.
In Burmah this formidable Viper is dreaded almost as much as the hamadryas.
The hamadryas of Abyssinia is characterized by long hair, forming a sort of shoulder-cape.
Other characteristic mammals are Grevy's zebra, hamadryas baboon and Hunter's antelope.
The ancient Egyptians considered hamadryas baboons to be the sacred attendants of Thoth, the scribe to the gods.

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