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The mandrill is the most sexually dimorphic primate, [22] and it is the largest monkey. [23] Females are less stocky and have shorter, flatter snouts. [ 19 ] Males have a 70–95 cm (28–37 in) head-body length and weigh 19–30 kg (42–66 lb) while females have a 55–70 cm (22–28 in) head-body length and weigh 10–15 kg (22–33 lb). [ 24 ]
Mandrillus is a genus of large Old World monkeys distributed throughout central and southern Africa, consisting of two species: M. sphinx and M. leucophaeus, the mandrill and drill, respectively. [4] Mandrillus , originally placed under the genus Papio as a type of baboon , is closely related to the genus Cercocebus . [ 5 ]
The largest is the male mandrill, around 70 centimetres (28 in) in length, and weighing up to 50 kilograms (110 lb) [6] Old World monkeys have a variety of facial features; some have snouts, some are flat-nosed, and many exhibit coloration.
Mandrills are among the largest species of monkeys. Male mandrills famously sport bright red and vibrant blue cheeks as well as blue rumps. Baby mandrill born at Peoria Zoo.
The drill is a short-tailed monkey up to 70 cm (28 in) long, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacks the bright blue and red on the face of that species. It has high sexual dimorphism in weight, with males weighing up to 20 kg (44 lb) and females up to 12.5 kg (28 lb). [4] A close-up of face. The body is overall a dark grey-brown.
Jasper is the second mandrill born at the Fort Worth Zoo in nearly three decades, following his sister, Ruby, who was born in January. Jasper was born on Sept. 13, weighing in at just two pounds.
Mandrill [501] and drill [502] diets are both >95% herbivorous; Geladas [503] All of the Colobines are (or are nearly) purely herbivorous, [504] including the black-and-white colobuses, gray langurs, snub-nosed monkeys, and the proboscis monkey; All wild apes: Gibbon (family Hylobatidae) diets are ~90% herbivorous, on average [505]
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