Life span Olive baboons live for 30-45 years.
Adult males have longer hair on the shoulders than the females.
Both males and females have a black face and ruffs on the cheeks. Distribution Olive baboons live in equatorial Africa. Habitat Their preferred habitat is semi-desert, thorn scrub, savannah, woodland, gallery and rain forest up to 4500m. They feed on grass, seeds, young leaves, fruits, tubers, cereals, invertebrates, young birds and small mammals. There is a rigid dominance hierarchy, with females leading the troop.