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Drill
Endangered


Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Cercopithecidae
Genus: Mandrillus
Species:M. leucophaeus
Binomial name
Mandrillus leucophaeus
Linnaeus, 1758

The Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world Monkeys) family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Mandrill.

The Drill is similar in appearance to the Mandrill, but lacks the colorful face. It is found only in Cameroon, north of the Sanaga River and on the coastal island of Bioko, part of Equatorial Guinea.

The Drill is Africa's most endangered primate.

There are two subspecies of Drill:

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