Drawing of Pennant's "Great Baboon", 1781, now identified as a mandrill.
Date 1781
Source History of Quadrupeds. pp. 172–173, 1781.
Author Thomas Pennant, (1726-1798).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Baboon,_Pennant,_now_Mandrill.jpg
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey family. Mandrills are found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. Mandrills mostly live in tropical rainforests. They live in very large groups. |
