El mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) es una especie de primate catarrino de la familia Cercopithecidae (monos del Viejo Mundo). Está emparentado con los babuinos y más estrechamente con el dril. El mandril y el dril se clasificaron en el pasado dentro del género Papio, pero investigaciones posteriores llevaron a separarlos en un género propio, Mandrillus. Con un peso de hasta 55 kg son los monos más grandes del mundo (sin contar a los grandes simios). Su área de distribución comprende el oeste de las zonas tropicales de África, desde Guinea Ecuatorial hasta Congo.

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The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family. It is one of two species assigned to the genus Mandrillus, along with the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in the genus Papio, but they now have their own genus, Mandrillus. Although they look superficially like baboons, they are more closely related to Cerocebus mangabeys. Mandrills are found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. Mandrills mostly live in tropical rainforests. They live in very large groups. Mandrills have an omnivorous diet consisting mostly of fruits and insects. Their mating season peaks in July to September, with a corresponding birth peak in December to April. Mandrills are the world's largest monkeys. Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man that "no other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill's". The mandrill is classified as vulnerable by IUCN.

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