Which continent is home to wild geladas?

Which continent is home to wild geladas? Africa. Geladas are Old World monkeys found naturally only in the Ethiopian Highlands, making Africa their sole modern continental home.

Their highland habitat includes steep gorges, cliffs, and montane grasslands. Geladas sleep on cliff ledges at night and climb to plateau grasslands by day to feed. Unlike most primates, they are specialized grazers: grasses can make up about 90% of their diet.

The species is sometimes called the “gelada baboon,” but it is the only living member of the genus Theropithecus, not the genus Papio that contains true baboons. Its bright chest patch also gives it the nickname “bleeding-heart monkey.” Fossil relatives once ranged much more widely across Africa and parts of Eurasia, but living geladas are restricted to Ethiopia.