🐒Gelada
獅尾狒（學名：Theropithecus gelada），灵长目猴科獅尾狒屬唯一的一種，產于埃塞俄比亞的高原地區。與狒狒相似，是一種體型較大的靈長目猴子，因尾端有一小撮毛而得名，是一种昼行性的地栖猴类。群居性强，最多可聚集数百只，大群中包括约20只为一家的小群。獅尾狒曾被劃為狒狒屬，現劃為獨立的獅尾狒屬。獅尾狒屬有4個種類，其中体型最大的种类名为欧氏獅尾狒（Theropithecus oswaldi），已灭绝，目前仅存一种獅尾狒。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 16 kg
- Body length
- 0.67 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 36 years
Everything we know about the Gelada
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass16 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.67 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass133 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan36 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length12 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity5.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation172 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 168 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.16 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density67 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l16 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gelada yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyCercopithecidae
- ›genusTheropithecus
- ›speciesTheropithecus gelada
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusTheropithecus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusTheropithecus
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