Green monkey

For other uses, see Green monkey (disambiguation).

Green monkey[1]
Female with juvenile, Gambia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Chlorocebus
Species:
C. sabaeus
Binomial name
Chlorocebus sabaeus
Geographic range

The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey,[3] is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet.[4] The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers.[4] It does not have a distinguishing band of fur on the brow, like other Chlorocebus species, and males have a pale blue scrotum.[4] Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single widespread species, C. aethiops.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Gonedelé Bi, S.; Galat, G.; Galat-Luong, A.; Koné, I.; Osei, D.; Wallis, J.; Wiafe, E.; Zinner, D. (2020). "Chlorocebus sabaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136265A17958099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136265A17958099.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. London: Academic Press Limited (AP). ISBN 0-12-408355-2.[page needed]
  4. ^ a b c Cawthon Lang, K. A. (2006). "Primate Factsheets: Vervet (Chlorocebus) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". Retrieved 2007-08-13.