Mandrill is the largest monkey species, but also the most endangered one. It is estimated that there are only about 3 000 of these animals left on Earth. Mandrill is about a meter high and weights up to 30 kg. Males are larger than females. They have highly developed fingers and toes. When they are walking, feet and other parts of the palms are not touching the ground, only their fingers are.
Their body is covered with thick brown hair and face may be seen with bright colors and garish. His beard is ocher, and his face is a combination of pink and white. These collars have a function to scare Mandrills enemies. When excited, the colors on the face of mandrill become fainter. It makes a very loud noise when it’s scared. They live over 40 years. Interestingly, the cubs are born with open eyes and with hair that covers the whole body. They live in groups with about 100 members. During the day, they walk over 20 kilometers in search of food. They feed mainly on fruit and leaves and very rarely they hunt small animals. His biggest enemy is man, leopards and African Crowned Eagle. Mandrill inhabits the edges of rain forests in the western part of Central Africa, southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo.
