Green Monkey

Green Monkey

Taxobox
name = Green MonkeyMSW3 Groves|pages=158-159]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | title = Cercopithecus aethiops | id = 4233 | downloaded = 2007-08-13]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Chlorocebus"
species = "C. sabaeus"
binomial = "Chlorocebus sabaeus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Green Monkey ("Chlorocebus sabaeus"), also known as the Callithrix Monkey,cite book |author=Kingdon, J. |year=1997 |title=The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals |publisher=Academic Press Limited, London |isbn=0-12-408355-2] is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers. They do not have a distinguishing band of fur on the brow, like other "Chlorocebus" species, and males have a pale blue scrotum.cite web |author=Cawthon Lang, K. A. |year=2006 |url=http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/vervet |title=Primate Factsheets: Vervet (Chlorocebus) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology |accessdate=2007-08-13] Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus "Chlorocebus" to be a single widespread species, "Cercopithecus aethiops" — confusingly, the name "Green Monkey" has also been used for this single species.

Range, habitat and behavior

The Green Monkey is found in West Africa from Senegal to the Volta River. It has been introduced to the Cape Verde islands off north-western Africa, and the West Indian islands of Saint Kitts, Nevis, and Barbados. It was introduced to the West Indies in the late 1600s when slave trade ships travelled to the Caribbean from West Africa.

It occurs in a wide range of wooded habitats, ranging from very dry Sahel woodland to the edge of rainforests. It is also commonly seen in coastal regions, where known to feed on seashore foods such as crabs. It also takes a wide variety of other foods, including fruits and invertebrates. As other members of the genus "Chlorocebus", the Green Monkey is highly social and usually seen in groups.

References


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