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Chlorocebus pygerythrus  (F. Cuvier, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 944217

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Vervet Monkey [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821  
                                           FamilyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821 – Old World monkeys  
                                              SubfamilyCercopithecinae Gray, 1821 – cercopithecines  
                                                 TribeCercopithecini  – guenons  
                                                    GenusChlorocebus Gray, 1870 – vervet monkeys, green monkeys  
                                                       SpeciesChlorocebus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier, 1821) – Vervet Monkey  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus arenaria (Heller, 1913) – Northeastern Vervet, Northeastern Africa Vervet 
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus centralis (Neumann, 1900) – Eastern Vervet, Eastern Africa Vervet 
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus nesiotes (Schwarz, 1926) – Pemba Vervet Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier, 1821) – Black-chinned Vervet Monkey 
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus rufoviridis (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843) – Reddish-Green Vervet Monkey, Reddish-Green Vervet 
                                                          Subspecies Chlorocebus pygerythrus zavattarii (de Beaux, 1943) – de Beaux's Vervet, Omo Vervet 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Chlorocebus pygerythrus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Vervet Monkey [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Vervet Monkey [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II  
    Comments: Separated from aethiops as a species by Dandelot (1959), Kingdon (1997) and Groves (2001c)  
 

 

    

 
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