HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Chlorocebus
SPECIES Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Author: | F. Cuvier, 1821. | Citation: | Hist. Nat. Mamm., 24: 2. | Common Name: | Vervet Monkey | Type Locality: | "Africa". | Distribution: | Ethiopia (east of Rift Valley), Somalia, to Zambia east of the Luangwa, and South Africa. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. | Comments: | Separated from aethiops as a species by Dandelot (1959), Kingdon (1997) and Groves (2001c). |
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