Mandrills are the largest of all monkey. They are shy and reclusive. Mandrills are extremely colorful, perhaps more so than any other mammal.
They are easily identifiable by the blue and red skin on their faces. An adult male mandrill that has the brightest and most distinctive colors on his face seems to be most attractive to females. Do you remember Rafiki from “The Lion King“?) He is referred to us as a baboon, but take a closer look: he has colourful face of mandrill!
They live only in the rain forest of equatorial Africa.
The mandrill is considered vulnerable by IUCN and is affected by deforestation. However, hunting for bushmeat is the more direct threat. Many aboriginals consider them to be a delicacy.