A large West African baboon with a red and blue face, the male having a blue rump.
Mandrillus sphinx, family Cercopithecidae.
Her work with the large African monkeys known as mandrills shows that red coloration gives males an advantage when it comes to mating....
Viarruel said calls had been made by his colleagues to the Ministry of Public Utilities and Environment to repair the boxes where the chimpanzees and mandrills slept.
Other new arrivals to the park this winter will include mandrills and bamboo lemurs.