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PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view 2. Anterior view 3. Details |
One of the strangest-looking of the old-world monkeys, with its bright colours and swollen snout, which can be seen to be a skeletal feature. Also featured on this site Hamadryas Baboon and Chacma Baboon. |
TAXONOMY
Order - Primates
(lemurs, monkeys & apes)
Suborder - Anthropoidea
("man-like")
Family - Cercopithecidae
(old-world monkeys) |
- Dental Formula : 2.1.2.3 / 2.1.2.3
 | 1.Mandrill Skull, male, lateral view. |
 | 1.Mandrill Skull, male, anterior view. The groove in the upper canines is typical of baboons. |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx
- Sex - male
- Stage - adult
- Area collected - USA - died in captivity
- Source - courtesy of a private collector
- Measurements
Overall length 252mm Zygomatic width 146mm Scientific Name : Mandrillus - "Drill" is a West African name for a baboon. The English name, here latinised, reflects its man-like attributes.
Scientific Name : sphinx - as in the mythological creature, presumably referring to its alarming appearance. - Sex - male