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Mandrill
Our troop of mandrills live in the very centre of the zoo. As they do in the wild, our unit is led by a single dominant male - Maranji - who lives alongside our five females.
Class:
Mammals
Order:
Primates
Family:
Cercopithecidae
About the mandrill
Mandrills typically live in large groups, led by a dominant male, in tropical forests across Gabon, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea.
These large monkeys are omnivores, eating seeds, fruit, fungi, small lizards and insects.
Mandrills are confident movers both in trees and on the ground. When on ground level, they walk on all fours.
Conservation
This primate is mainly affected by deforestation of their natural habitat for logging, however hunting for bushmeat is also a serious threat.
We have been successful in the past at breeding mandrills, and our individuals are part of the EAZA ex-situ breeding programme (EEP) for the species.