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Chlorocebus pygerythrus
The vervet monkey has a black face with a white fringe of hair, while the overall body colour is mostly grizzled-grey.
In spite of low predator populations in many areas where human development has encroached on wild territories, this species is killed by electricity pylons, vehicles, dogs, pellet guns, poison, and bullets and is trapped for traditional medicine, bush meat, and for biomedical research. The vervet monkey has a complex and fragile social system, its persecution is thought to have affected troop structures and diminishing numbers. Multiple organisations are involved in vervet monkey conservation.
Spotted on Nov 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012
2 Comments
thank you cranbrook, they were in a camp in the Kruger NP, and naughty like you wont believe!
he's so cute!