Alsu Baboon

The Alsu Baboon (Papio kauhus), also called the Kauhor's baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (the Old World monkeys). The species is one of the most wide-ranging of all baboons, being found in 12 countries throughout Rathnir, extending from Plagatea south-westward to Uldarash and Huitca. It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. A variety of communications, vocal and non-vocal, facilitate a complex social structure.

The baboon is considered a sacred animal in ancient Dune Elven culture, and it is still considered taboo to kill them. It is actually illegal to kill a baboon in the Aurlûnoran provinces of Sharla and Erúme, and in Najer.