(Notice the werewolf-like black face on the above Drill)

Say Ahh…yikes!

A mouth fit for any Howling Movie.

However, an unrelated group of African Primates, which have been considered by some scholars as the source to Herodotus’ Dog-headed men (Cynocephali), and similar creatures also found in Africa, in some ways resemble a anthropoid canine.

Baboons are noted for their dog-like faces. They have long tails, they are covered with hair, yet they are primates, monkeys, and subsequently have bodies more manlike than wolf-like.

Both Drills and Mandrills are also similar to Baboons: notice the monstrous (werewolf-like, despite the coloring?) appearance of the Mandrill;

Nice teeth, hey? Now imagine a Baboon or Mandrill: make it solid black, make the ears long and pointed, make it two or three times bigger, and all you need left is a full Moon and some damsel in distress, and you have a wolfman…

Course, it seems highly doubtful that a Baboon or Mandrill-like beast could be native to American soil, or that a population of exotic monkeys could go unnoticed without being hit by a car. Then again, on the Ohio Grassman Episode of Monsterquest, a Baboon skull was indeed found in Ohio woods.

Question: could an Olive Baboon, seen at night, be mistaken for a werewolf? I doubt it, but it makes for interesting possibilities…