Printable Baboon Coloring Pages

Bringing African Primates to Life

Baboons are highly adaptable Old World monkeys found across the African savannah and parts of Arabia. When coloring our realistic baboon sheets, you can use a variety of earthy tones. Olive baboons have a greenish-grey coat, while chacma baboons are dark brown. If you are coloring a mandrill—often grouped with baboons—you will need bright reds and blues for their distinctive facial ridges. Adding a green jungle background or a dry yellow grassland helps set the scene for these ground-dwelling primates.

Using These Pages in the Classroom

These coloring sheets work exceptionally well for biology lessons about African wildlife, primate behavior, or animal adaptations. Teachers can use the realistic portraits to explain the complex social structures of a baboon troop.

• Compare a baboon's long, dog-like muzzle to the flatter face of a typical tree-dwelling monkey.
• Discuss how mother baboons carry their infants, using our mother and clinging baby illustrations.
• Talk about their varied omnivorous diet, from foraging for fig fruits to hunting small insects and mammals.