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Mandrills are part
of the Old World
monkey family.
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Mandrill
Classification:
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Cercopithecidae
Genus:
Mandrillus
Species:
Sphinx
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Other Names:
Forest Baboon,
Classification
Status: The
numbers of mandrills
are dwindling due
to deforestation.
Mandrill
in Foreign
Languages
Dutch:
Mandril
Finnish:
Mandrilli
French:
Mandrill
Italian:
Mandrillo
Japanese:
Mandoriru
Mandarin:
Shanxiao
Navajo:
M agi bichi ' i' h
dootl'izhigii
Romanian:
Mandril
Spanish:
Mandril
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Size: Male
mandrills are lareger
then their female
counterparts. A
full grown male
mandrill weighs
between 50-75 lbs
and measures about
32 inches in length.
Female mandrills
weigh between 25-35
lbs and measure
approximately 22
inches in length.
Habitat:
Mandrill are found
in the equatuorial
rain forests of
Africa. Mandrills
are currently found
in West Central
Africa, Cameroon,
Equitorial Guinea,
Gabon the Congo.
Gestation: Mandrills
carry their young
for 6.5 months.
Birth: Mandrills
give birth to one
to two babies. Young
mandrills are born
with a black fur
coat and pink skin.
Females including,
aunts, sisters and
other females in
a troup will help
care for the young.
Sexual Maturity:
Mandrills are sexually
mature between the
ages of 4 to 8 years.
Behavior:
Mandrills are terrestrial
but do climb trees.
At night mandrills
will frequently
sleep in trees.
Diet: Mandrills
eat fruit, fungi,
insects, nuts, roots,
seeds and small
vertebrates. Fruit
and seeds tend to
comprise the majority
of their diet. Mandrills
have pouches in
the cheeks that
they use for food
storage.
Description:
Male mandrills
have an orange and
yellow beard and
a bright red and
blue snout and rump.
Female mandrills
and immature juvenile
mandrills have a
duller blue snout
and a buff beard.
A mandrills coloring
becomes brighter
when they are excited.
Mandrills have extremely
long canine teeth
that appear menacing
but can actually
be shown as a sign
of friendship.
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Communication:
Mandrills
communicate
using a series
of grunts and
loud calls.
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Did
You
Know?
Mandrills
are
the
most
colourful
mammals
in
the
world.
The
skin
colours
brighten
as
the
animal
gets
more
excited.
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Social Structure:
Mandrills are social
and gather in a
troup/harem/hordes
that typically consists
of one male and
5-10 females and
their young.
Life Span:
The average life
span of a mandrill
in the wild is about
20-45 years.
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