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Baboons live in hierarchical troops of 5 to 250 animals (50 or so is common), depending on species and time of year. The structure within the troop varies considerably between hamadryas baboons and the remaining species, collectively referred to as savanna baboons: individual hamadryas baboon males maintain small harems, to which females from elsewhere in the troop are recruited while still to young to breed, while savannah baboons have a more open structure in which females tend to consort in matrilines, and the adult males maintain a loose hierarchy. The hamadryas group will typically include a younger male, but he will not attempt to mate with the females unless the older male is removed.
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