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Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda.

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Struhsaker, TT; Chapman, CA; Pope, TR; Marcus, JR
Published in: Primates
January 2011

We describe and document with digital images an adult female baboon (Papio anubis) from the Kibale National Park, Uganda, who was missing all but the basal part of her upper jaw and nose, i.e., no premaxilla and very little of the maxilla and nasal bones. She appeared otherwise healthy, well integrated into a social group, and apparently reproducing, based on the fact that she was grooming a juvenile who suckled from her and that she appeared to be pregnant. Her extreme deformity raises numerous questions and demonstrates the highly adaptable capabilities of wild baboons.

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Primates

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EISSN

1610-7365

Publication Date

January 2011

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

15 / 18

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • Uganda
  • Reproduction
  • Papio anubis
  • Jaw
  • Female
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • 3109 Zoology
 

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Struhsaker, T. T., Chapman, C. A., Pope, T. R., & Marcus, J. R. (2011). Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Primates, 52(1), 15–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-010-0224-4
Struhsaker, Thomas T., Colin A. Chapman, Theresa R. Pope, and Jeffrey R. Marcus. “Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda.Primates 52, no. 1 (January 2011): 15–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-010-0224-4.
Struhsaker TT, Chapman CA, Pope TR, Marcus JR. Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Primates. 2011 Jan;52(1):15–8.
Struhsaker, Thomas T., et al. “Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda.Primates, vol. 52, no. 1, Jan. 2011, pp. 15–18. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10329-010-0224-4.
Struhsaker TT, Chapman CA, Pope TR, Marcus JR. Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Primates. 2011 Jan;52(1):15–18.
Journal cover image

Published In

Primates

DOI

EISSN

1610-7365

Publication Date

January 2011

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

15 / 18

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • Uganda
  • Reproduction
  • Papio anubis
  • Jaw
  • Female
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • 3109 Zoology