Social Behavior
Socially, baboons live in harems, with one dominant male and one subordinate male with several females and juveniles. These groups are usually small, but join with larger groups to form a troop; these groups sleep or forage together. The Guinean troops are large multiple-male, multiple-female troops with 50–300 baboons. The harems consist of two to five females which mate with the dominant male. Baboons are not very good climbers, so they spend the majority of their time foraging on the ground. Guinean baboons forage along the ground during the day, but almost always climb trees or cliffs when sleeping.
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