What is the biggest monkey in the world? Color-faced mandrill
The largest existing monkey primate on the earth is Mandrill. Mandrill is relatively strong, with a general body length of 6 1 to 76.4 cm. They are different from monkeys we often see. Their tails are short and thick, only 5.2 to 7.6 cm long. The head is big and long, and there are 1 bony protrusions on both sides of the nasal bone, and there are ridges arranged longitudinally on it, with grooves in between, covered with green skin and bright red between the ridges.
In addition to their large size, mandrills are also strange in appearance, because they look like ghosts, so people call them mandrills. Mandrills are social animals, live in small communities and play among jungles and rocks. The main natural enemies are leopards, but leopards generally only hunt female mandrills and underage mandrills.
Mandrill is an animal that likes to eat plants, and there are nearly 100 species that eat it. I also like to eat fruit, and there are some leaves. Sometimes they eat small animals without backbones, such as frogs, ants, spiders and so on. They like to live in groups very much. They spend most of their time in the open areas of the forest, and usually choose a boss to lead other monkeys.
The living conditions of mandrills in the wild are not optimistic. Human activities such as cutting down trees and reclaiming farmland have destroyed their habitats. Sometimes they go to the farming areas to feed themselves, and they are killed because of the losses to agriculture. Coupled with the rampant poaching activities, the number of mandrills has dropped sharply. In Brazzaville, Congo, mandrills are in danger of extinction in the wild.