The green vervet monkey is a relatively rare species of monkey. I believe that many friends do not know it very well, so let me introduce it to everyone.

One 、Basic information

Chinese name: Green vervet monkey

Latin name: Cercopithecus mitis

Alternative name: Green monkey

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Chordate 

Class: Mammalia 

Order: Primates 

Family: Monkey family 

Genus: Vervet monkeys 

Named time: Wolf, 1822

II. Appearance Characteristics

The vervet monkey has long hair (cyan) and is soft and smooth; the body is round and the limbs are thick; the head is small and round, and the face is flat and large.

III. Distribution range

The green vervet monkey is mainly distributed in Angola, Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

IV. Living habits

Green vervet monkeys mainly live in groups in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests; they usually like to eat wild fruits, leaves, bamboo shoots, crabs , frogs and other animals and plants.

V. Protection level

The green vervet monkey has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver.: 2008 Primate in the red list.

Ps: Because green vervet monkeys are protected animals, they cannot be traded or hunted. These are all illegal acts. Everyone must abide by the law and protect them together!

The above is all the information about the green vervet monkey~Thank you for reading. If there is anything you don't understand, please leave a message in the comment area below! In addition, if you want to learn about other monkeys, you can check other articles on this site~