what is thIS PRIMATE'S common name?
DRILL
also known as the simakobu monkey What is the scientific name?
Mandrillus leucophaeus WHAT KIND OF PRIMATE IS THIS?
MONKEY Where do they live?
New world or old world?
OLD WORLD fascinating facts
What threatens their future?
Drill numbers have declined over 50% in the last 30 years. Dwindling habitat, habitat fragmentation, and illegal bushmeat hunting continue to threaten drills’ survival. Drills have also fallen prey to growers of bananas, cocoa, and manioc, who view the elusive monkeys as pests to be eradicated. Hunters will use dogs to drive large troops of drills into trees, where they can be easily shot en masse. Today, approximately 80% of all drills live in Cameroon, where the human population has surged and drill habitat has yielded to oil palm plantations, oil exploration, and other economic developments. WHAT IS their CONSERVATION STATUS?
ENDANGERED
What Does this Conservation Status mean?
Endangered (EN) – High risk of extinction in the wild.
Any species categorized as Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable is considered by conservation scientists to be a threatened species LEARN MORE ABOUT drills
Go to the drill Primate Species Profiles page are Drills good pets?
NO
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Common names are not officially defined. They are based on everyday conversational language and may differ by country, region, profession, community, or other factors. As a result, it is not unusual for a species to have multiple common names. Scientific names, on the other hand, are standardized and constant. They are Latinized and rule-bound by a formal naming system called binominal nomenclature. Scientific names prevent misidentification. They typically only change if a species is officially redesignated. x
The biological order of Primates is divided into these classifications:
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New World monkeys are native to Central and South America.
Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia. x
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