The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom

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White, E. C.; Dikangadissi, J.-T.; Dimoto, E.; etal. (2010). "Home-range use by a large horde of wild Mandrillus sphinx". International Journal of Primatology. 31 (4): 627–645. doi: 10.1007/s10764-010-9417-3. S2CID 44740032.

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Researchers have identified over 30 different kinds of alarm call. These different calls are believed to reflect specific threats. So the alarm shout for a nearby human is different to that of a nearby leopard or eagle. a b c Setchell, J. M.; Dixson, A. F. (2001). "Changes in the secondary sexual adornments of male mandrills ( Mandrillus sphinx) are associated with gain and loss of alpha status". Hormones and Behavior. 39 (3): 177–184. doi: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1628. PMID 11300708. S2CID 7560147. a b c Ankel-Simons, F. (2007). Primate Anatomy: An Introduction (3rded.). Elsevier Acad Press. p.128. ISBN 978-0-08-046911-9. In the paper, researchers describe the Lesula and its sister species, Cercopithecus hamlyni, as “shy, quiet, and generally occur[ing] in small groups.” Steve Smallman lives in Staffordshire with his wife, two dogs and two cats. He has four children and a grandchild. Steve has been illustrating children’s books for almost 30 years and writing his own stories for slightly less. He also teaches illustration workshops in schools, including mural-painting. Steve is the author of Smelly Peter the Great Pea Eater (Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2009) and The Lamb Who Came for Dinner (Shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award and read by Meatloaf on CITV's Bookaboo). When he’s not working, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening and walking in the countryside.

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People often mistake mandrils for baboons because they are similar physically, except that mandrils have a stub tail while a baboon is prehensile. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, New York University, Columbia University, the Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, and the Centre de Formation et Conservation Forestière are co-authors of the paper.

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Like in many female monkeys, a red and swollen bottom indicates an ovulating and fertile female looking for a mating partner–this is a non-verbal way for the female chimp to communicate her sexual wants to the male chimp anytime she’s on heat. Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (22 May 2013). "Top 10 new species of 2012". ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, LLC . Retrieved 2013-05-23.Pourquoi” tales are, of course, intended to explain the origins of real life animals. This story has, very neatly, chosen to include both familiar, and unfamiliar, animals. Children will very probably already know that zebras have stripes, and giraffes a sort of square pattern, but will they have heard of a spectacled bear? Or our hero, the mandrill monkey, with his red and blue face? The mandrill's preferred fruits include those of the cashew species Pseudospondias microcarpa, the coffee species Nauclea diderrichii and the wort species Psorospermum febrifugum. [40] Mandrills consume more seeds than many other primate species. [38] Adult male mandrills are one of the few primates capable of biting through the hard shell of Detarium microcarpum seeds. [39] For vegetation, they mostly eat the young leaves, shoots and piths of monocot plants. [38] In particular, mandrills consume leaves from the arrowroots Haumania liebrechtsiana and Trachyphrynium braunianum, as well as the piths of ginger plants like Renealmia macrocolia and species in the genus Aframomum. [40] They are also known to consume mushrooms. [38] Search for vervet monkeys online and one of the top hits concerns how much does a vervet monkey cost! Apparently you can buy one for around a thousand dollars!

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Some monkeys are friendly with each other. But other monkeys are nasty pieces of work. They get aggressive towards others and try to bully themselves into positions of power. During their heat periods, the female baboons’ butts become bright red and swollen, always catching the male baboons’ attention, and making them desire the females more.Linné, C. v. (1758). " Simia sphinx". Systema naturæ. Regnum animale. Vol.1 (10thed.). Sumptibus Guilielmi Engelmann. p.25. Adult males move between troops throughout their lifetime. Males live with a troop, instead of forming bachelor troops. However, they are regularly usurped by new arrivals or simply move on, believing the grass is greener on the other side (which isn’t necessarily so 🙂 ). Inter and intra-troop relationships Vervet monkeys share a scarily high number of similarities with ourselves. While we are genetically closer to chimpanzees, our behaviour is more like vervet monkeys, an animal with one of the most complex social structures in the wildlife world. Mandrill gestation lasts an average of 175 days with most births taking place between January and March, during the wet season. Gaps in between births range from 184 to 1,159 days with an average of 405 days. [70] and tend to be shorter in higher ranking females. [71] Infants are born at an average weight of 640g (23oz), and mostly bare-skinned with some white hair and a tuft of dark hair on the head and along the spine. Over the next two or three months, they develop their adult hair color on the body, limbs and head while the flesh-colored face and snout darken. [72] Dependent infants are carried on their mothers' bellies. [73] [51] Young are typically weaned at around 230 days old. Males become more sexually dimorphic between four and eight years old, at which point females are already beginning to give birth. [54] Males start leaving their horde after they reach six years old. [51] Females reach their adult size around seven years while males do so at ten years. [54] Communication [ edit ] Female mandrill facepalming a b c d e f g Hoshino, J. (1985). "Feeding ecology of mandrills ( Mandrillus sphinx) in Campo Animal Reserve, Cameroon". Primates. 26 (3): 248–273. doi: 10.1007/BF02382401. S2CID 12216632.