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Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet Monkey · ベルベットモンキー)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A male's maximum weight of 6.4 kg equals the weight of three 2 L bottles of water (Comparison).
- 💡 A head and body length of 70 cm is slightly shorter than a full-length umbrella (Comparison).
- 💡 Because its habitat includes croplands, in Africa this monkey can often be seen near fields and villages (HMW habitat notes).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Vervet Monkey is a widespread monkey in eastern and southern Africa that avoids deserts and deep forests, living instead in savannas and along forest edges.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Head and body length is 42 to 70 cm in males and 30 to 62 cm in females, while the tail measures 45 to 76 cm in males and 41 to 66 cm in females, making it as long as or longer than the body. Males are heavier than females.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It eats a wide variety of leaves, fruits, seeds, tree gum, flowers, and small animals. Because of its broad distribution, five subspecies are recognized.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2025) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/253488653/253491881
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000586
- • iucnredlist.org — 253491881
- • wikidata.org — Q8985570
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Cercopiteco verde (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), parque nac
- • doi.org — zenodo.6863259
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Chlorocebus sabaeus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.