Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Mandrillus sphinx
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Primate
- Family
- Old World monkey
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Rainforest
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- The blue and red colours on a dominant male's face and rear grow brighter when he is excited.
- Sometimes hundreds of mandrills gather in one large horde.
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Similar animals
- Japanese macaque
Macaca fuscata
- Proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
- Bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q189868 · All animals · All entries