Editing Mandrill (section)

===Feeding===
The mandrill is an [[omnivore]]. The core of its diet consists of plants, of which it eats over a hundred species.<ref name="Hoshino 1985"/> One study found the mandrill's diet was composed of fruit (50.7%), seeds (26.0%), leaves (8.2%), [[pith]] (6.8%), flowers (2.7%), and animal matter (4.1%), with other foods making up the remaining 1.4%.<ref name="Tutin1997">{{cite journal|author1=Tutin, C. E.|author2=Ham, R. M.|author3=White, L. J.|author4=Harrison, M. J.|pmid=9108968|title=The primate community of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon: diets, responses to fruit scarcity, and effects on biomass|year=1997|volume=42|issue=1|pages=1–24|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:1<1::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-0|journal=American Journal of Primatology|s2cid=37902903}}</ref> During the wet season, mandrills forage in continuous forest, when fruit is most available, while during the dry season they feed in gallery forests and at the borders of savannas and forests.<ref name="Rogers 1996"/>
[[File:Parc zoo limbe69.jpg|thumb|Mandrills eating fruit|alt=Mandrills behind a fence eating fruit]]
The mandrill's preferred fruits include those of the [[Anacardiaceae|cashew]] species ''[[Pseudospondias microcarpa]]'', the [[Rubiaceae|coffee]] species ''[[Nauclea diderrichii]]'' and the [[Hypericaceae|wort]] species ''[[Psorospermum febrifugum]]''.<ref name="Rogers 1996"/> Mandrills consume more seeds than many other primate species.<ref name="Hoshino 1985">{{cite journal|author=Hoshino, J.|title=Feeding ecology of mandrills (''Mandrillus sphinx'') in Campo Animal Reserve, Cameroon|doi=10.1007/BF02382401|year=1985|journal=Primates|volume=26|issue=3|pages=248–273|s2cid=12216632}}</ref> Adult male mandrills are one of the few primates capable of biting through the hard shell of ''[[Detarium microcarpum]]'' seeds.<ref name="Tutin1997"/> For vegetation, they mostly eat the young leaves, shoots and piths of [[monocot]] plants.<ref name="Hoshino 1985"/> In particular, mandrills consume leaves from the [[Marantaceae|arrowroots]] ''[[Haumania liebrechtsiana]]'' and ''[[Trachyphrynium braunianum]]'', as well as the piths of ginger plants like ''[[Renealmia macrocolia]]'' and species in the genus ''[[Aframomum]]''.<ref name="Rogers 1996"/> They are also known to consume mushrooms.<ref name="Hoshino 1985"/>

The rest of a mandrill's diet is largely made up of invertebrates, particularly [[ant]]s, [[termite]]s, [[Cricket (insect)|cricket]]s, [[spider]]s, [[snail]]s, and [[scorpion]]s. They also eat birds and their eggs, frogs and rodents.<ref name="Hoshino 1985" /><ref name="Kudo 1985"/> Mandrills have been recorded preying on larger vertebrates such as juvenile [[Bay Duiker|bay duiker]]s. Such prey is killed with a bite to the head followed by pulling off the hind limbs and tearing open the belly. Individuals may cooperate during hunting and share kills.<ref name="Kudo 1985">{{cite journal|author1=Kudo, H.|author2=Mitani, M.|title=New record of predatory behavior by the mandrill in Cameroon|doi=10.1007/BF02382015|year=1985|journal=Primates|volume=26|issue=2|pages=161–167|s2cid=20928597}}</ref>