Probably the most famous mandrill in popular culture, Rafiki from “The Lion King”, even sports baboon-like traits otherwise not seen in the actual primate. The most notable is his tail ...

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. Luckily, Disney fixed ...

Sexual selection is the cause of the mandrill's colourful outfit ... This reptile uses colour in multiple ways. The lizard's tail is decorated with black and white rings, and it waves it like a flag ...