Read on to learn more about this extravagant monkey! The male mandrill holds the record for being the largest monkey in the world. Males can grow up to three feet in length and weigh as much as 70 ...

About 500 chacma baboons -- among the largest monkey species and weighing up to 40 kilos (88 pounds) -- roam the peninsula south of Cape Town, says the South African National Biodiversity Institute.