The Papionini include the living baboons, geladas, macaques, mandrills, and mangabeys. Some extinct genera in the family were significantly larger than their living relatives. These were ground-dwelling social animals, living in troops led by a dominant male. The males probably had colourful patches on their faces, chests, and buttocks and were significantly larger than females. They would have eaten a mixed diet of fruit, leaves, seeds, roots, and small prey.
Dinopithecus was the most closely related to baboons, and lived in South Africa during the early Pleistocene. Theropithecus has one surviving species, the gelada of Ethiopia. T. oswaldi was much more widely distributed, occupying much of Africa and south-western Eurasia during the early to middle Pleistocene. T. brumpti is known only from Ethiopia during the late Pliocene. Gorgopithecus lived in South Africa and Tanzania during the Pliocene and early Pleistocene.
Dinopithecus
ST 10;
DX 12;
IQ 5;
HT 11.
HP 10;
Will 11;
Per 11;
FP 11;
Speed 6.00;
Dodge 9;
Move 8.
SM 0, 110 lbs.
Bite (14): 1d−1 impaling. Reach C
Traits: Born Biter 1; Chummy; Extra Arms 2 (Foot Manipulators); Ham-Fisted 1; Semi-Upright; Wild Animal.
Skills: Brawling-14; Climbing-12; Intimidation-12; Survival (Plains)-12.
This profile is for a male. Females (60 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 8, SM to −1, and lose the Brawling and Intimidation skills. Bite damage becomes 1d−3.
Theropithecus brumpti would have the same profiles as Dinopithecus. T. oswaldi males (160 lbs.) increase ST and HP to 11, raising bite damage to 1d. T. oswaldi females (90 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 9, and lose the Brawling and Intimidation skills. Bite damage becomes 1d−2.
Gorgopithecus males (80 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 9. Females (45 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 7, and lose the Brawling and Intimidation skills. Bite damage becomes 1d−3.
