Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus

Southern Vervet Monkey
A male Vervet Monkey, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Chlorocebus
Species:	Ch. pygerythrus
Subspecies:	Ch. p. pygerythrus
Trinomial name
Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus F. Cuvier, 1821
Synonyms
Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus F. Cuvier, 1821 C. a. cloetei Roberts, 1931 C. a. marjoriae Bradfield, 1936 C. a. ngamiensis Roberts, 1931

Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus is the southern-most subspecies of the Vervet Monkey from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana.

C. p. pygerythrus, as Cercopithecus aethiops, was formerly divided into four subspecies:

• C. a. pygerythrus, from South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal), and Lesotho; is said to have pale-coloured limbs and white hands and feet (though the hands are also said to be black with a scattering of greyish hairs),^[2] and a greyish body colour with an olive sheen.^[3]

• C. a. cloetei, from northern KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and northern South Africa; is darker, with greyish-brown speckles and dark feet.^[3]

• C. a. marjoriae, from southern Botswana and the North West Province of South Africa; is pale in colour (light ash-grey).^[3]

• C. a. ngamiensis,^[4] from north-eastern Botswana and the Okavango; has pale feet and a yellowish back^[3] and the tail is darker (especially towards the tip) than in other southern vervets.^[2]

These subspecies are no longer recognised and are synonymous with C. p. pygerythrus.

Female Ch. p. pygerythrus (C. a. pygerythrus) from southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa   Ch. p. pygerythrus (C. a. ngamiensis) From the Okavango Delta, Botswana

References

1. ^ Kingdon, J., Gippoliti, S., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y. (2008). "Chlorocebus pygerythrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136271. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Skinner, J.D. (1990). The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion (New Edition). ISBN 0-86979-802-2
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Cillie', G.E.B. (1992). Pocket Guide to Southern African Mammals. ISBN 0-627-01686-3.
4. ^ Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monographs 5:1–359