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Chlorocebus pygerythrus (vervet monkey)

Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus; Cercopithecus pygerythrus; Simia pygerythrus

Infraspecies

Chlorocebus pygerythrus hilgerti (Hilgert's Vervet Monkey)
Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus (Black-chinned Vervet Monkey)
Chlorocebus pygerythrus rufoviridis (Reddish-Green Vervet Monkey)
Chlorocebus pygerythrus zavattarii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.133 lbs (5.05 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  326 grams
Female Weight [1]  9.299 lbs (4.218 kg)
Male Weight [1]  12.968 lbs (5.882 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  39.4 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 years 7 months
Male Maturity [1]  5 years
Gestation [1]  5 months 18 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  46 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  26 inches (66 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0