It feeds on a variety of small animals, including spiders, snails, worms, ants, and small ground vertebrates. It also eats grasses, herbs, shoots, bark, tubers, roots, and fruit. General Behavior Mandrills walk on all fours. They feed on the ground by day and sleep in trees at night. The main enemy is the leopard.
Family groups consist of an old male and several females and their young.
These troops will sometimes join with several others temporarily. Status They are classed as threatened by the IUCN and endangered by the USDI due to habitat loss and hunting. All Rights reserved.