Mandrill
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phylum | Chordata | The mandrill is the most colorful primate. The coloration of the animal is more pronounced in dominant adult males.
It is found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. Mandrills mostly live in tropical rainforests and forest-savanna mosaics. They live in groups called hordes. Mandrills have an omnivorous diet consisting mostly of fruits and insects. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Old World monkey |
class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Primates | |
family | Cercopithecidae | |
genus | Mandrillus | |
species | M. sphinx |