See also:

• MANDRILL (a name formed by the prefix " man " to the word " drill," which was used in ancient literature to denote an ape, and is probably of West African origin)

MANDRILL (a name formed by the prefix " See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man " to the word " See also:

• DRILL

drill," which was used in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient literature to denote an See also:

• APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

ape, and is probably of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICAN

African origin)  , the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the most hideous and most brilliantly coloured of all the See also:

• AFRICAN

African monkeys collectively denominated baboons and constituting the genus Papio . Together with the See also:

• DRILL

drill (q.v.), the See also:

• MANDRILL (a name formed by the prefix " man " to the word " drill," which was used in ancient literature to denote an ape, and is probably of West African origin)

mandrill, Papio See also:

• MAIMON, SALOMON (1754—1800)

maimon, constitutes the subgenus Maimon, which is exclusively See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West African in See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution, and characterized, among other peculiarities, by the extreme shortness of the tail, and the See also:

• GREAT

great development of the See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal bony swellings, covered during See also:

• LIFE

life with naked skin, on the sides of the muzzle . As a whole, the mandrill is characterized by heaviness of See also:

• BODY

body, stoutness and strength of See also:

• LIMB

limb, and exceeding shortness of tail, which is a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere stump, not 2 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long; and usually carried erect . It is, moreover, remarkable for the prominence of its brow-ridges, beneath which the small and closely approximated eyes are deeply sunk; the immense See also:

• SIZE

size of the canine See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth; and more especially for the extraordinarilyvivid colouring of some parts of the skin . The body generally is covered with soft See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair—See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown above and silvery See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey beneath—and the See also:

• CHIN

chin is furnished underneath with a small pointed yellow See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard . The hair of the forehead and temples is directed upwards so as to meet in a point on the See also:

• CROWN

crown, which gives the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head a triangular See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The ears are naked, and bluish See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black . The hands and feet are naked, and black . A large space around the greatly See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed callosities on the buttocks, as well as the upper See also:

• PART

part of the insides of the thighs, is naked and of a See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, shading off on the sides to See also:

• LILAC

lilac or See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, which, depending upon injection of the superficial See also:

• BLOOD

blood-vessels, varies in intensity according to the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal—increasing under excitement, fading during sickness, and disappearing after See also:

• DEATH

death . It is, however, in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face that the most remarkable disposition of vivid hues occurs, more resembling those of a brilliantly coloured See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower than what might be expected in a mammal . The cheek-prominences are of an intense blue, the effect of which is heightened by deeply sunk longitudinal furrows of a darker tint, while the central See also:

• LINE

line and termination of the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose are See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet . It is only to fully adult See also:

• MALES

males that this description applies .

The See also:

• FEMALE

female is of much smaller size, and more slender; and, though the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of the hairy parts of the body is the same, the prominences, furrows, and colouring of the face are much less marked . The See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young males have black faces . Old males are remarkable for the ferocity of their disposition, as well as for other disagreeable qualities; but when young they can easily be tamed . Like baboons, mandrills appear to be indiscriminate eaters, feeding on See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, roots, See also:

• REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

reptiles, See also:

• INSECTS

insects, scorpions, &c., and inhabit open rocky ground rather than forests . Not much is known of the mandrill's habits in the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, nor of the exact limits of its See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical distribution; the specimens brought to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe coming from the west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of tropical See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, from See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea to the Gaboon .