🐒Mandrill
The mandrill is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa. It is one of the most colorful mammals in the world, with red and blue skin on its face and posterior. The species is sexually dimorphic, as males have a larger body, longer canine teeth and brighter coloring. Its closest living relative is the drill, with which it shares the genus Mandrillus. Both species were traditionally thought to be baboons, but further evidence has shown that they are more closely related to white-eyelid mangabeys.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 23 kg
- Body length
- 0.76 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 46 years
Everything we know about the Mandrill
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass23 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 23 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.76 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass173 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan46 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 40 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity5.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation174 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 173 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range26 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4.76 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l23 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Mandrill yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyCercopithecidae
- ›genusMandrillus
- ›speciesMandrillus sphinx
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMandrillus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMandrillus
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