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Also known as: Chlorocebus, savanna monkey, vervet monkey

Written by John P. Rafferty

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Also called:: vervet monkey or savanna monkey

Related Topics:: grivet; bale monkey; Malbrouck monkey; tantalus monkey; green monkey

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vervet, (genus Chlorocebus), any of six known species of widely distributed semiarboreal African monkeys. Vervet monkeys are quadrupedal and occur throughout sub-Saharan Africa in savannas and dry deciduous forests. They may be found as far north as Egypt or as far south as South Africa. The six Chlorocebus species are: the grivet (C. aethiops) of Ethiopia and northeastern Africa, the Malbrouck monkey (C. cynosuros) of Angola and the southern Congo, the bale monkey (C. djamdjamensis) of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, the vervet (C. pygerythrus) of eastern and southern Africa, the green monkey (C. sabaeus) of West Africa, and the ...(100 of 898 words)

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