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Mandrill

Mandrillus sphinx

Photo by CourtneyVerk
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Spotted at the Toronto Zoo
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Mandrill

Mandrillus sphinx

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DanielePralong
Hi Courtney! This is not strictly speaking a baboon, but a mandrill. While they both belong to the Cercopithecidae family, baboons are in the genus Papio and the mandrill belongs to the genus Mandrillus. They used to all be in the genus Papio.

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