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The 1982 observation of the immigration of an adult male olive baboon, Papio anubis,into a group of yellow baboons, Papio cynocephalus,in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, constitutes the first confirmed report of interbreeding between the two species within the Amboseli baboon population. We document the social aspects of the immigration and describe subsequent sightings of anubisbaboons in Amboseli that confirm the existence of a previously unrecognized hybrid zone in Kenya.
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Samuels, A., Altmann, J. Immigration of aPapio anubis male into a group ofPapio cynocephalus baboons and. Int J Primatol 7, 131–138 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692314
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