Vervet Monkey

Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Vervet Monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, photo © by Michael Plagens

Photographed at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 26 March 2011.

Vervet monkeys are widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa. The scrotum of adult males is a surprising blue color. They frequently enter human habitats and are keen to forage whatever food is left unguarded.

Cercopithecidae -- Old World Monkey Family

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Kenya Natural History

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updated 6 Sept. 2019.