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MammalMAP:   11800
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3130AA
Observer:   Stroud Sonja
Date of record:   2014-10-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Vervets have a distinctive black face and a white forehead. The males have a bright blue scrotum. They have a well defined homerange during the day mostly searching for food and sleep in the trees at night.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   113310
Species name:   Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus
Common name:   Vervet Monkey (subspecies pygerythrus)
Family:   Cercopithecidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Vervet Monkey. Cercapithecus aethiops
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-11800
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 11800 - photo: 1
VM-number: 11800 - photo: 2
VM-number: 11800 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:  
Date:   2015-01-31 23:26:10
Species name:   Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus -- Vervet Monkey
Species code:   217920

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