Probably the most famous mandrill in popular culture, Rafiki from “The Lion King”, even sports baboon-like traits otherwise ...

Great looks, more tasty upgrades than you can shake a stick at, and a thrilling six-cylinder symphony to top it all off; that ...

Clearly Simba's not a baboon. 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.

South African actors John Kani and Kagiso Lediga play the same character of spiritual guide mandrill, Rafiki, in the Lion King film.