#Theropithecus gelada

[snototter]

A gelada baboon, or bleeding-heart monkey (Theropithecus gelada) shows off its large canines in Rotterdam Zoo, The Netherlands.

by safi kok

[psikonauti]

The Grassland Geladas

Photographed by Marco Gaiotti

[hydraheads]

Deep in my mind Even my inner critic is still a mystic You're unrefined Raw and uncut like the prisms Bending time to time

Mirrors break They multiply Fuck what they say These feelings don't subside Obsessions fade Over time But what remains Love is whatever we make it tonight

Did they mention the pride before the fall? 'Cause I would risk it all for you What they say 'bout the writings on the wall? No clue, baby, I adore you

[crudlynaturephotos]

[colorsoutofearth]

Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) troop in Ethiopia

Photo by Juan Carlos Munoz

[tenth-sentence]

Some researchers familiar with the geladas claim they exhibit the most sophisticated communication behaviour of any non-human primate, employing gestures and a range of different vocalisations strung together into sequences communicating reassurance, appeasement, solicitation, aggression and defence.

"Human Universe" - Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen

[spinus-pinus]

Gelada Theropithecus gelada

3/5/2023 San Diego Zoo, California

[markhors-menagerie]

†Theropithecus oswaldi

Art credit: Roman Uchytel

This giant relative of the modern gelada was a remarkably large monkey, possibly weighing some 159 pounds (72kg). It was likely a ground-dwelling grass-eater like its living cousin, with fossils found in the south, north, and east of Africa, and even in southern Spain. It co-existed with our ancient ancestor species.

[primate-tournament]

🦍The primate tournament list of candidates has been finalised! Polls will start going up soon!🦧

Thank you to everyone who submitted a species! Here is the full written list:

Basal primates (non-simian primates, including Strepsirrhini and Tarsiiformes)

†Notharctus (Notharctus tenebrosus)

Calabar angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis)

West African potto (Perodicticus potto)

Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus)

Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Pygmy slow loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus)

Senegal bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)

Brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

†Archaeoindris (Archaeoindris fontoynontii)

†Megaladapis (Megaladapis madagascariensis)

Madame berthe’s mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae)

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)

Pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus)

New world monkeys (Platyrrhini)

Wied’s marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)

Goeldi’s marmoset (Callimico goeldii)

Bearded emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator subgrisescens)

Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Panamanian white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator)

Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

Gray-bellied night monkey (Aotus lemurinus)

Bald uakari (Cacajao calvus)

Madidi titi monkey (Plecturocebus aureipalatii)

Atlantic titi monkey (Callicebus personatus)

Black bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas)

White-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia)

Colombian red howler (Alouatta seniculus)

Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus)

Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda)

Old world monkeys (Cercopithecidae)

Mantled guereza (Colobus guereza)

Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii)

Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus)

Silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatux)

Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus)

Collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)

Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

Common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)

Bale mountains vervet (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis)

De brazza’s monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)

Apes (Hominoidea)

Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)

Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)

Kloss’s gibbon (Hylobates klossii)

Northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys)

Siamang (symphalangus syndactylus)

†Junzi (Junzi imperialis)

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

†Gigantopithecus (Gigantopithecus blacki)

†Dryopithecus (Dryopithecus fontani)

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Bonobo (Pan paniscus)

†Australopithecus (Australopithecus afarensis)

†Panranthropus (Panranthropus boisei)

†Flores hobbit (Homo floresiensis)

†Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

The first set of polls will go up as soon as I have finished writing the descriptions! In the meantime, I would appreciate if you could share this tournament around- it won’t be much of a tournament if there aren’t that many people voting! In going down the research rabbit hole I’ve found so many interesting species and stories, and I promise learning about them here will be worth your time!

[felipithecus]

Theropithecus Gelada

-- Me, March 2022

[hydraheads]

[arthistoryanimalia]

Geladas (Theropithecus gelada) painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (American, 1874-1927) in 1926-7 and reproduced as offset lithographs in Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals, 1930 by the Field Museum (who also hold the original watercolors in their library collection).

Note - Referred to as "Gelada Baboon" in the book, but recent phylogenetic studies place them in a separate clade from other baboons, so simply "Gelada" is preferred...they are also called the "Bleeding-heart Monkey" because of the red skin patch on the chest.

[Biodiversity Heritage Library]

[dartxo]

"Smile"

2024

Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

Geladas are among my favorite monkeys, but all that fur sure is a pain to draw.

[nedsecondline]

Let’s save the wildlife – Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

The gelada is often referred to as the gelada baboon and the bleeding-heart baboon but is not a true baboon. These brown and grey primates are Old …Let’s save the wildlife – Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

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After a night in the cold but magnificently desolate Guassa community lodge, we set off at dawn to intercept the gelada baboons on their way back to their caves and ledges from early-morning foraging expeditions on the higher slopes.

"Human Universe" - Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen

[animalids]

Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

Photo by Sylvain Cordier