Mandrill

Question 1

What are some differences between old world and new world monkeys?

Answer 1

Old world monkeys are generally larger, only new world monkeys have prehensile tails, new world monkeys primarily live in trees, old world monkeys can see in color (although howler monkeys can see in color), old world monkeys have downward nostrils whereas new world monkeys have sideways nostrils, new world monkeys are more monogamous.

Question 2

Is the mandrill an old world or new world monkey?

Answer 2

Old world.

Question 3

What is the range and habitat of the mandrill?

Answer 3

Tropical forest in western Africa.

Question 4

What is a group of mandrills called?

Answer 4

A horde.

Question 5

What are the two most common things mandrills eat?

Answer 5

Fruit and insects. They can also almost anything they find though.

Question 6

When do mandrills mate?

Answer 6

Late summer.

Question 7

What is the world’s largest monkey?

Answer 7

The mandrill.

Question 8

What is the conservation status of the mandrill?

Answer 8

Vulnerable.

Question 9

Which mandrills have the brightest coloring?

Answer 9

Dominant males.

Question 10

Where are the scent glands of a mandrill?

Answer 10

On the chest.

Question 11

How long are the canines of an adult male mandrill?

Answer 11

2 inches.

Question 12

How long is an adult male mandrill?

Answer 12

3 feet.

Question 13

What is the shoulder height for a male mandrill?

Answer 13

2 feet.

Question 14

What is the maximum weight for a male mandrill?

Answer 14

71 lbs

Question 15

How much smaller is the female mandrill than the male?

Answer 15

2/3rds the length and half the weight.

Question 16

How old can mandrills get in captivity?

Answer 16

30 years

Question 17

How old are mandrills when they are sexually mature?

Answer 17

4 years

Question 18

How does a mandrill kill prey when it takes down a larger animal?

Answer 18

It bites the throat with its canines.

Question 19

What are some predators of the mandrill?

Answer 19

Eagles, rock pythons, and leopards.

Question 20

True or false? Male mandrills retreat when they encounter predators.

Answer 20

False, usually only the females and young retreat. The males will usually stand their ground. Only leopards will cause them to flee sometimes.

Question 21

Are mandrills more terrestrial or arboreal?

Answer 21

Terrestrial.

Question 22

What is quardupedalism?

Answer 22

Walking on all fours.

Question 23

Where do mandrills sleep?When

Answer 23

In trees.

Question 24

When are mandrills active?

Answer 24

They are diurnal.

Question 25

What kinds of tools have mandrills been observed using?

Answer 25

They use sticks to clean beneath their toenails and in their ears.

Question 26

Why do animals in zoos sometimes exhibit behaviors never seen before?

Answer 26

They don’t have to spend as much time searching for food or mates, so they occupy themselves with other activities.

Question 27

Are mandrills social animals?

Answer 27

Yes. They live in very large groups.

Question 28

Mandrills live in groups numbering in the hundreds. The largest group of mandrills was the largest nonhuman group of primates ever recorded. How many mandrills were there?

Answer 28

1,300

Question 29

Mandrill groups are made up of only females and young for most of the year. When do males enter the group?

Answer 29

When females are receptive to breeding.

Question 30

Both dominant male and subordinate male mandrills can engage in mating, but only the dominant males can ______.

Answer 30

Reproduce.

Question 31

What happens when a male mandrill becomes dominant?

Answer 31

His hindquarters and face swell and his cheeks gain a brighter blue hue.

Question 32

What happens when a male mandrill loses dominance?

Answer 32

His hindquarters and face recede, but he keeps his blue.

Question 33

How many days is the mandrill gestation period?

Answer 33

175

Question 34

What kinds of sounds do mandrills make?

Answer 34

They will roar, crow, grunt, and scream.

Question 35

How do mandrills show aggression?

Answer 35

They will stare, bob their heads, slap the ground, and bare their teeth.

Question 36

What are the two main threats to the mandrill?

Answer 36

Habitat loss and poaching.