MANDRILLS
MANDRILLS
The Mandrillus genus includes two species
Mandrillus leucophaeus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Found in the dense, ancient rainforests of a geographically limited area of western Africa, the drill is a little-studied Old World monkey in great need of conservation. The endangered drill species comprises two subspecies: Mandrillus leucophaeus, found north of the Sanaga River in Cameroon and Nigeria, and Mandrillus…
Mandrillus sphinx
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Mandrills mostly reside in the tropical rainforests of equatorial Africa. The largest population lives in Gabon, where they inhabit dense, lowland jungles that range from sea level to steep hilly terrain. Smaller groups inhabit the rain forests, upland slopes, and bush of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of.…