This site is about the vervet monkey (green monkey and grivet) also called savanna monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops), a monkey that lives mainly in the savana. They live in relative large groups and the group size seems to depend mainly on the extra food they can find. Ones a group of 174 animals was recorded. On this site you will find more information about keeping savanna monkeys in captivity.
DO NOT KEEP MONKEYS UNLESS YOU CAN FULLY SATISFY THEIR NEEDS
There are four subspecies of the savanna monkeys: Green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) |
 Green monkey (C. aethiops) |
 Grivet (C. aethiops sabaeus) |
 Tantalus monkey (C. aethiops tantalus.) |
 Vervet (C. aethiops pygerythus) |
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