Mandrill

Range:
West Africa, (South Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congo)

Habitat:
Tropical Forested Areas

Size:
Head and Body Length: ~ 32 in; Weight: males-55 lbs & females-25 lbs

Gestation:
One young is born after a gestation period of 220-270 days.

Diet (wild):
Eats mostly fruit, seeds, fungi, roots, insects and small vertebrates; will also eat grass.

Diet (zoo):
Omnivore diet. Monkey biscuits, fruits and vegetables.

Life spans (wild):
20-30 years

Life spans (captivity):
40 years

Status:
Listed as vulnerable by IUCN. CITES Appendix I listed

Threats (to the wild population):
Loss of habitat, hunted and trapped for food. Once used as laboratory animals.

Anatomy/Physiology:
Adult males have bluish naked rump, a bright blue and red muzzle, and yellow coloring on "beard"

Habits:
They are both arboreal and terrestrial.

Social/Family units:
Mandrills usually associate in troops of up to 50 individuals.  These troops are lead and ruled by old males.  Occasionally only three or four mandrills are found together.

Communication:
Hoot, grunt, and scream

Defensive/Aggressive behavior:
Mandrills are powerful and can be formidable antagonists as their teeth are well adapted for fighting.   They have the longest canine teeth compared to skull size of any mammal on Earth.

Locomotion:
Relatively longer front limbs aid in ground walking; joint between palm and fingers forms an extension of the arm; walking surface of the hand is the outside of the 4 fingers.

Activity:
diurnal

Any interesting fact:
Their canine teeth are 2.5 inches long and they have the longest canine teeth compared to skull size of any mammal on Earth.