Probably the most famous mandrill in popular culture, Rafiki from “The Lion King”, even sports baboon-like traits otherwise ...

Officials with the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee shared a clip of their mandrill monkeys, as they see a snowman for the first time. At first, the monkeys seemed curious, but things later got out of hand, ...

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.

Mufasa (voiced by Braelyn Rankins) appears in a scene from the movie "Mufasa: The Lion King.” (OSV News photo/Disney) ...

South African actors John Kani and Kagiso Lediga play the same character of spiritual guide mandrill, Rafiki, in the Lion King film.