This exhibit was originally built in 1999 to house the zoo’s Chacma baboon troop. After this species was phased out in 2009, Hamadryas baboons were imported.
Auckland Zoo currently has 4.5 Hamadryas baboon (arranged in the following harems):
Harem One:
1.0 Wasaro (2005) Imported 2009
0.1 Ayisha (2001) Imported 2009
0.1 Mali (2015) Wasaro x Ayisha
Harem Two:
1.0 Afar (2005) Imported 2009
0.1 Kito (2002) Imported 2009
0.1 Naeemah (2011) Afar x Kito
1.0 Badi (2012) Afar x Kito (peripheral male)
Harem Three:
1.0 Yafeu (2009) Unknown x Ayisha
0.1 Zala (2013) Wasaro x Ayisha
