The gelada[1] often called the gelada baboon, or the bleeding-heart monkey, is an Old-World monkey found only in the Ethiopian highlandsand living at 1, 800 to 4, 400 meters (5, 900 to 14, 400 feet) above sea level.
- Male Gelada baboons weigh an average of 20.25 kg. Members of both sexes have short faces and wide nostrils.
- They have short brown fur, and both males and females have a bare pectoral patch that is usually triangular and fringed with white hairs.
- The size and color of this spot depend on hormonal changes in women of both sexes. Both sexes have light eyelids that are used for expression.
- Males are characterized by the presence of whiskers and a hairy brown coat.
