GELADA

(Theropithecus gelada), large baboon-like monkey, family Cercopithecidae, differing from true baboons (Papio) in having the nostrils some distance from the tip of the muzzle. The gelada, or lion baboon, is a stocky animal with white eyelids, brown fur, a tufted tail, and a naked pink chest. The male bears a long, heavy mane and may be more than 70 centimetres (28 inches) long, excluding the somewhat shorter tail, with a weight of about 20 kilograms (44 pounds). The female is markedly smaller and has a necklace-like row of bead-shaped caruncles along the edges of the bare chest patch. The gelada inhabits the mountains of southern Ethiopia and lives in groups among the steep cliffs of rocky ravines. Diurnal and terrestrial, it feeds on leaves, roots, and tubers.