One of the only primates to live in Yemen is the Hamadryas baboon. Adult male Hamadryas baboons grow to be about 31 inches tall and weigh about 55 pounds. They have a silver-white cape, Females have no cape, and they grow to be about 17 inches tall and weigh about 27 pounds.
Yemen is a country of great animal diversity. Many of those animals are found nowhere else on earth. Yet, conservation groups are reluctant to work in the area because of its ongoing civil war. The government has set up some protected areas, but they have only successfully established one to the point that residents see it as a great idea.