What is a green monkey?
Green monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys. Smaller than many of our other primates, they weigh only 7 – 15 lbs. They are found from the woodlands, savannah and high bush of Senegal to the Sudan and Ethiopia and southwards to South Africa. Green monkeys rarely leave the vicinity of trees, which provide some protection from their many predators. This species has a very interesting and elaborate vocal communication system with different warning calls for different types of predators.
