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Small mammals
Vervet monkey
Vervet monkey · Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Quick bodies, clever faces: you’ll encounter vervet monkeys as agile group animals between trees and savannah grass.
Fact file
- Size
- Adult vervet monkeys weigh 3.5 to 8 kg and grow up to 60 cm long, with the tail reaching up to 70 cm
- Males and females
- Males are larger, more conspicuous and show bright blue skin on the lower belly
- Sounds
- A wide range of vocalisations, including alarm calls and grunting for communication
- Diet
- They feed mainly on leaves, fruits, seeds, flowers and occasionally insects
- Offspring
- A single young is born after a gestation period of around 165 days, usually at the end of the rainy season
How to identify Vervet monkey
Vervet monkeys are unmistakable thanks to their grey-green fur with a yellowish sheen. Their face is dark and framed by white cheek whiskers and slightly bluish patches of skin.
Striking features are the long tail, pale limbs and the slender, wiry body shape. Adult animals reach a body length of around 40 to 60 centimetres, with a shoulder height of about 50 centimetres.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 8 places where you can see Vervet monkey
Where Vervet monkey live
Namibia
South Africa
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