### animal | vertebrate | mammal | primate | monkey | baboon:

Mandrill
* Most mandrills eat food
  - insects
  - find food
* Most mandrills have color
  - diets
  - dimorphism
  - omnivorous diets
  - sexual dimorphism
  - short tails
  - snouts
* Some mandrills are classified as baboons.
* Some mandrills attain maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - avoid contact
  - cause damage
* Some mandrills eat biscuits
  - leaves
  - feed on fruit
* Some mandrills have brow ridges
  - cheek pouches
  - fur
* Some mandrills have prominent brow ridges
* are a type of baboon
  - adaptable to moving on the ground and jumping on the trees
  - an old world monkey from western Africa
  - extremely colorful, perhaps more so than any other mammal
  - foragers and utilize their long limbs for tracking down food
  - highly social animals and socializing vital part of their lifestyle
  - mammals
  - omnivores, they eat both plants and animals
* are omnivorous animals and therefore eat almost anything
  - that eat their fair shares of plants and animal flesh alike
  - predominantly terrestrial
  - primarily ground dwellers, only climbing into trees to sleep
  - sociable animals and inhabit areas of forest in large groups known as a troop
* are the largest of all monkeys
  - the monkeys and are related to the baboon
  - most brightly colored mammals in existences
  - worlds largest monkey species
* consume omnivorous diets with both plant and meat components.
* create a strong bond with their daughters as compared to sons.
* do have a tail, it is very short.
* forage for seeds.
* give birth to a single offspring.
* have a large, muscular body, dark brown fur, and a short, stubby tail
  - stocky body with a short tail
  - varied diet that is comprised of both plant and animal material
  - variety of sounds for vocal communication
  - appetite
  - blue and red skin on their faces
  - cheek pouches that can hold a substantial quantity of food
  - features
  - powerful, stocky bodies with strong, muscular arms
  - short, stocky tails
  - their own built-in containers to carry food and store it
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* live at relatively low densities.
* live in rain forests with little ground cover
  - the rainforest of Gabon and the Congo areas as well as near the equator in Guinea
  - on the ground by day and sleep in trees at night
* mark their territories with their scent and defend it from predators.
* move comfortably and freely in their carefully constructed habitat.
* normally form large multimale-multifemale groups with a distinct hierarchy.
* retire to the trees at night to sleep.
* search for food.
* shake heads.
* stay on the ground the largest part of the day and climb up the trees for the night.
* travel in groups too.
* travel in large groups called hordes or troops
  - groups, led by one dominant adult male
  - on the ground in small family groups, feeding chiefly on insects and vegetation
* typically sleep in the trees at night.
+ Mandrill, Behaviour: Monkeys
  * There are two distinct group types in mandrill society. One type consists of one very large male and an average of 15 females. The other group-type is multi male and multi female, and can include up to 200 members. Mandrills are predominantly terrestrial. They sleep in trees at a different site each night. Their bright colors help groups of mandrills follow each other in the dense forest.