Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 9,328
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus Chlorocebus. The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Vervet monkey”.