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 * Alex Anne Matthews Madison Lathi**


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1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?
The Drill lives in western Africa. It lives in forests of Cameroon and the island of Bioko and near the equator.

The Drill is a type of Baboon. It most closely resembles the Mandrill. The Drill is smaller than the Mandrill. Other relatives include the Mangabeys, the Talapoin, and the swamp monkey.

The face of the Drill has a beard, a mane, and a doglike muzzle. The male drill’s face is black with a ring of white hair surrounding it. A female has a similar face. The Drill has long arms, a short tail, and a rump of many colors. The rumps colors include red, violet, green, and blue. The Adult male will weigh about 55 pounds, and the female will weigh about half as much as the male. The large monkeys are characterized by prominent ridges on each side of their nasal bones

2. Where and why is your animal endangered?
The drill is endangered all over the world. It is one of the worlds most rarest primates. The Drill is endangered mostly because humans have ruined their habitat by hunting and deforestation. The leopard is the drills most dangerous predator. Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats)

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.
The Afi Mountain Sanctuary is a concervation center for wildlife that is endangered. At first it was for Gorillas. Afi is now one of the largest remaining forest blocks outside the Cross River National Park. The Concervbation center covers 100 square kilometers and there are 3 different habitat types, Montane Forest, Grassland, and Lowland The Rainforest.

The Atlanta Zoo - Bioko, the first drill born at Zoo Atlanta, has returned to her birthplace. Born to the Zoo’s highly successful drill pair, Inge and the late Adonis, in 1992, Bioko grew up in Atlanta, later moving to the Columbus Zoo as a young adult. Her behavior made it hard for her to intergrate with the new group so she moved back.


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Bibliography (All Resources Used) www.worldbookonline.com/ drill ( world book ) www.wcs.org/ Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary ( wildlife concervation society ) www.zooatlanta.org Animal News –Welcome Back Bioko www.panda.org Illegal Logging - WFF www.bioko.org bioko biodiversity protection Program www.youtube.com the drill Print source: Encyclopedia Mammal – Dr. Edu Gould and Dr. George Mckay www.sandiegozoo.org marvelous mangabeys http://www.lpzoo.org/ mammals - animal index http://www.oregonzoo.org/ Highly endangered mandrill moves to Oregon zoo**