What Is the Largest Monkey?

The largest monkeys on earth are the baboons living in Africa and the Arab countries. Baboons from West Africa weigh as much as 54 kilograms. Some are said as heavy as 59 kilograms and as tall as 90 centimetres. Baboons live in groups of twenty to sixty, and the largest group has more than one hundred members.

All the group members sleep together in forests during the night and look for food together at daytime. Every group has a "king". @ng their activities, the king's order must be obeyed by all the group members. Grown-up male baboons must advance in the front and at the end of the group to protect the whole group's safety.