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Vervet
Adult weight : 5.62 kg (12.364 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 31 years
Female maturity :1034 days
Male maturity : 1825 days
Gestation : 162 days
Weaning : 182 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 357 days
Weight at birth : 0.314 kg (0.6908 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 1.036 kg (2.2792 lbs)
Vervet monkey
Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Species : Chlorocebus aethiops
The Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) are classified as vermin in Africa, where they occur in large numbers. They feed on the ground and sleep in the trees. Vervet monkeys live a life constantly running from being killed by humans. Males vary in size from 45 to 85 cm and weigh between 3.5 to 7.5 kg, while females, range from 40 to 60 cm in size and between 2.5 to 5.5 kg in weight. It lives in groups of up to 20 individuals. The Vervet monkey can become 20 years of age.
1. vervet, vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus -- (South African monkey with black face and hands)
vervet
vervet monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus
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