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  • There's the Geomyda (turtle), Mandrillus (Mandrill) and the realistic (Aquila chrysaetos) Golden Eagle.

    Golden Eagle Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008

  • There are also populations of rare larger mammals – for example there are several groups of drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus, EN), in Bakossi, as well as healthy populations of Preuss's red colobus (Procolobus pennanti preussi, EN) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes, EN).

    Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

  • Cameroon has 29 species of primate recorded from its forests and Gabon has 19, including mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, VU).

    Northwestern Congolian lowland forests 2008

  • The northwestern limit of the ecoregion is the Sanaga River, a faunal boundary for such species as the golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus), white-bellied duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), and elegant needle-clawed galago (Euoticus elegantus).

    Northwestern Congolian lowland forests 2008

  • Most of the floral and faunal assemblages are intact, including assemblages of threatened large mammals, such as the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), and sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus).

    Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests 2008

  • One direct impact is the bushmeat trade, which primarily affects duikers (Cephalophus spp.) that can comprise up to 80 percent of the harvest in certain sites, and monkeys (Cercopithecus, Cercobcebus, Mandrillus, Colobus spp.).

    Northwestern Congolian lowland forests 2008

  • Due to its inaccessibility the southern part of the island still has a largely intact mammal fauna, including an endemic subspecies of drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis).

    Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests 2007

  • We used mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) naturally infected with simian T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (STLV-1) as a model for evaluating the influence of natural STLV-1 infection on the dynamics and evolution of the immune system during chronic infection.

    Elites TV 2009

  • Other important larger mammals include mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx VU), black colobus (Colobus satanas), bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros), forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), and various duikers (Cephalophus spp.).

    Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests 2008

  • These rivers are particularly important barriers for primates (e.g., drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) and red-eared guenon (Cercopithicus eurythrotis)) and amphibians (e.g.,

    Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests 2008

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