Monday, June 26, 2006
Vervet
Stocky, green guenon. HBL 46-66 cm (18-26"). Weight 3.5-4.5 kg (7 1/4 to 10 pounds). Usually yellowish to olive green coat with white underparts and gray lower limbs. Face black with white cheek-tufts and browband. Both sexes have long, sharp canines.
The most widespread African guenon (there are up to 20 subspecies), occurring throughout the Northern and Southern Savanna, from Senegal to Sudan and south to the tip of South Africa. Adapted to practically all wooded habitats outside the equatorial rain forest. Being small and not a fast runner, this monkey cannot afford to venture far from the safety of trees. It is essentially an edge species and typically associated with riverine forest; in the dry savanna, they stay near the acacias. Colonies have been established on St. Kitts, Nevis, and the Barbados Islands in the West Indies-probably descended from pets.
The most widespread African guenon (there are up to 20 subspecies), occurring throughout the Northern and Southern Savanna, from Senegal to Sudan and south to the tip of South Africa. Adapted to practically all wooded habitats outside the equatorial rain forest. Being small and not a fast runner, this monkey cannot afford to venture far from the safety of trees. It is essentially an edge species and typically associated with riverine forest; in the dry savanna, they stay near the acacias. Colonies have been established on St. Kitts, Nevis, and the Barbados Islands in the West Indies-probably descended from pets.
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