How big does a Mandrill get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) reaches an average size of 75.8 cm (2′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 46.25 years, they grow from 613 grams (1.35 lbs) to 16.74 kg (36.91 lbs). A Mandrill has 1 babies at once. The Mandrill (genus: Mandrillus) is a member of the family Cercopithecidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family. It is one of two species assigned to the genus Mandrillus, along with the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in the genus Papio, but they now have their own genus, Mandrillus. Although they look superficially like baboons, they are more closely related to Cercocebus mangabeys. Mandrills are found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. Mandrills mostly live in tropical rainforest and in very large groups. Mandrills have an omnivorous diet consisting mostly of fruits and insects. Their mating season peaks in July to September, with a corresponding birth peak in December to April.Mandrills are the world’s largest monkeys. The mandrill is classified as vulnerable by IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Mandrill
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- King colobus with a size of 62.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- Stump-tailed macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Angolan talapoin with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Dusky leaf monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a size of 28 cm (1′ 0″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black-footed gray langur with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)
- Pygathrix bieti with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Mandrill
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mandrill:
- Coyote with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Tenkile with a size of 61.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Giant armadillo with a size of 87.4 cm (2′ 11″)
- Pygathrix bieti with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Alpine musk deer with a size of 90 cm (3′ 0″)
- Speke’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Dingiso with a size of 67.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Black musk deer with a size of 90 cm (3′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mandrill
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Mandrill:
- Pennant’s colobus
- Walrus
- Klipspringer
- Argali
- Nelson’s kangaroo rat
- Macleay’s dorcopsis
- Preuss’s monkey
- Pig-tailed langur
- Dusky pademelon
- Large mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Mandrill
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Mandrill:
- Brown bear with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Hippopotamus with an average maximal age of 54.5 years
- Burchell’s zebra with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Guinea baboon with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Harp seal with an average maximal age of 42 years
- Striped dolphin with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Western gorilla with an average maximal age of 54 years
- Pygmy hippopotamus with an average maximal age of 43.75 years
- Red-faced spider monkey with an average maximal age of 37.75 years
- Crabeater seal with an average maximal age of 39 years
Animals with the same weight as a Mandrill
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mandrillus sphinx:
- Chinkara with a weight of 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs)
- African clawless otter with a weight of 19.16 kilos (42.24 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.5 kilos (29.76 lbs)
- Black wallaroo with a weight of 17 kilos (37.48 lbs)
- Four-horned antelope with a weight of 19.19 kilos (42.31 lbs)
- Speke’s gazelle with a weight of 20 kilos (44.09 lbs)
- Guinea baboon with a weight of 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs)
- Crested porcupine with a weight of 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs)
- Olive baboon with a weight of 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs)
- Yellow baboon with a weight of 15.82 kilos (34.88 lbs)