Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx / Mandrill
- Habitat
- Tropical rainforests
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Omnivore with preference for fruits and leaves
- Gestation/breeding period
- 180 days
- Mode of life
- Many-female-many-male groups, in the zoo small harems
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Primates
Key facts
~ 1 m
size
~ 40 kg
weight
~ 40 years
age
How endangered are Mandrills?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
-
Vulnerable Vulnerable - Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
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The mandrill is one of the most colourful mammals of all.
Mandrill on the zoo tour
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