The gelada is large and robust, and it is covered with buff to dark-brown, coarse hair and has a dark face with pale eyelids. Its arms and feet are nearly black.

What is a gelada? The gelada is often referred to as the gelada baboon and the bleeding-heart baboon but is not a true baboon. These brown and grey primates are Old World monkeys that …

The gelada (Theropithecus gelada) is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands. Like its close relatives the baboons (genus Papio), it is largely terrestrial, spending …

Gelada, (Theropithecus gelada), large baboonlike monkey that differs from true baboons in having the nostrils some distance from the tip of the muzzle. The gelada inhabits the mountains of …

Explore the high mountain home of Ethiopia’s gelada monkey. Discover why these cliff dwellers band together in troops.

The gelada looks like a baboon that knows how to dress. Unlike their lowland cousins, these guys have thick fluffy manes and bright colouration on their chests.

Jul 18, 2025 · Not because they don’t have blazingly red chests, but because geladas are not actually baboons, they are just their close relatives. Monkeys from the gelada’s genus, …