Mandrillus

Mandrillus
	A mandrill in captivity
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Tribe:	Papionini
Genus:	Mandrillus; Ritgen, 1824
Type species
	Simia sphinx; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	M. sphinx (Linnaeus, 1758); M. leucophaeus (F. Cuvier, 1807);
Synonyms
	Chaeropithecus Gray, 1870; Drill Reichenbach, 1862; Maimon Trouessart, 1904; Mandril Voigt, 1831; Mormon Wagner, 1839; Papio P.L.S. Müller, 1773;

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] They are characterised by their large builds, elongated snouts with furrows on each side, and stub tails. Both species occupy the west central region of Africa and live primarily on the ground.^[6]^[7] They are frugivores, consuming both meat and plants, with a preference for plants.^[5] M. sphinx is classified as vulnerable and M. leucophaeus as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.^[8]^[9]

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^ Melville, R. V. (1982). "Opinion 1199. Papio Erxleben, 1777, and Mandrillus Ritgen, 1824 (Mammalia, Primates): Designation of Type Species". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 39 (1): 15–18.
^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Mandrillus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Mandrillus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
^ ^a ^b Dixson, Alan F. The Mandrill : a Case of Extreme Sexual Selection. Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-316-33534-5. OCLC 941030864.
^ "Drill | primate". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
^ "Mandrill | primate". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
^ Cite error: The named reference IUCNMandrill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference IUCNDrill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).