Chlorocebus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 159

Chlorocebus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier 1821)

[Chlorocebus] pygerythrus (F. Cuvier 1821) , Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, Vol. 24: 2.

Type Locality: "Africa".

Vernacular Names: Vervet Monkey.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus subsp. pygerythrus F. Cuvier 1821

Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus subsp. excubutor Schwarz 1926

Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus subsp. hilgerti Neumann 1902

Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus subsp. nesiotes Schwarz 1926

Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus subsp. nifoviridis I. Geoffroy 1843

Distribution: Ethiopia (east of Rift Valley), Somalia, to Zambia east of the Luangwa, and South Africa.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II.

Discussion: Separated from aethiops as a species by Dandelot (1959), Kingdon (1997) and Groves (2001 c).