Status and Conservation
Transformation of field and pastureland represents the main threat to the hamadryas baboon; their natural predators (the leopard and the lion) have been nearly exterminated in their range. The IUCN listed this species as "least concern" in 2008. There are no major range-wide threats at present, although locally it may be at risk through loss of habitat due to major agricultural expansion and irrigation projects. The species occurs in the proposed Yangudi Rassa National Park, the Harar Wildlife Sanctuary, and a number of wildlife reserves in the lower Awash valley and in northern Eritrea.
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