June 11 (UPI) --A mandrill monkey living at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona has been confirmed as the oldest in the world at the age of 37. The female mandrill, named Nikki, was born the Oregon Zoo on ...

In the 1800s, Jerry the Mandrill was taught to drink and smoke ... tool was hidden three years after performing a task with it. Monkeys and apes are essential to the health of the forest.

Clearly Simba's not a baboon. But neither is Rafiki. He's a different kind of monkey altogether — a mandrill. And what's more, Rafiki has a long tail, yet in real life mandrills are nearly tailless.

Bright scarlet snouts coupled with blue and white cheeks make the mandrill a contender for the most colourful mammal around. The monkeys, native to equatorial Africa, match their behinds to their ...