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| Vervet Monkey - Chlorocebus pygerythrus | |
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| Elephantus | Jul 10 2012, 12:50 PM Post #1 |
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Vervet Monkey - Chlorocebus pygerythrus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Chlorocebus Species: Chlorocebus pygerythrus The vervet monkey, 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. Habitat ![]() The vervet monkey ranges throughout much of Southern and East Africa, being found from Ethiopia, Somalia and extreme southern Sudan, to South Africa. The vervet monkey inhabits savanna, riverine woodland, coastal forest and mountains up to 4000 m (13,100 ft). They are adaptable and able to persist in secondary and/or highly fragmented vegetation, including cultivated areas, and sometimes are found living in both rural and urban environments. Description The vervet monkey has a black face with a white fringe of hair, while the overall body color is mostly grizzled-grey. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism, the males are larger in weight and body length. Adult males weigh between 3.9 and 8.0 kilograms (8.6 and 18 lb), averaging 5.5 kilograms (12 lb), and have a body length between 420 and 600 millimeters (17 and 24 in), averaging 490 millimeters (19 in) from the top of the head to the base of the tail. Adult females weigh between 3.4 and 5.3 kilograms (7.5 and 12 lb) and average 4.1 kilograms (9.0 lb), and measure between 300 and 495 millimeters (12 and 19.5 in), averaging 426 millimeters (16.8 in). ![]() Ecology The vervet monkey is diurnal and social; living in groups of up to 72. There is a clear order of dominance among individuals within the group. The vervet monkey uses different calls upon detecting different types of predators, including leopards, snakes and eagles. Infants appear to have an innate tendency to make these alarm calls, and adult monkeys seem to give positive reinforcement when their young make the right call, by repeating the alarm. Mothers have been reported to punish young giving the wrong call. The vervet monkey eats a wide range of fruits, figs, leaves, seeds and flowers. It also eats birds' eggs and young chicks, and insects (grasshoppers and termites). In human inhabited environments it will eat bread and various crops. Edited by Taipan, Jul 11 2012, 10:40 PM.
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| Archipithecus | Jan 11 2013, 12:26 PM Post #2 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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When I was 3 or 4, a vervet stole my banana. No lie. They can be mean! |
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