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The vervet monkey (''Chlorocebus pygerythrus''), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus ''Chlorocebus''. The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries. Vervets were introduced to Florida, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Arizona, California, Ascension Island, Cape Verde, Barbados, Saint Kitts, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Nevis.〔("Vervet monkey" ). ''Bwindi Impenetrable National Park''〕〔("vervet monkey" ). ''ZME Science''. 〕 These mostly herbivorous monkeys have black faces and grey body hair color, ranging in length from about for males to about for females. In addition to very interesting behavioral research on natural populations, vervet monkeys serve as a nonhuman primate model for understanding genetic and social behaviors of humans. They have been noted for having human-like characteristics, such as hypertension, anxiety, and social and dependent alcohol use. Vervets live in social groups ranging from 10 to 70 individuals, with males changing groups at the time of sexual maturity. The most significant studies done on vervet monkeys involve their communication and alarm calls, specifically in regard to kin and group recognition and particular predator sightings. == Taxonomy == The vervet monkey was previously classified as ''Cercopithecus aethiops''. The vervet and malbrouck have often been considered conspecific, or as subspecies of the widespread grivet. The five subspecies of vervet monkey are:〔 * ''Chlorocebus pygerythrus excubitor'' * ''C. p. hilgerti'' from southern Kenya〔Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: Field Museum of Natural History, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Washington Burke Museum, and University of Turku (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net, 2010-06-18)〕 * ''C. p. nesiotes'' * ''C. p. pygerythus'' from South Africa, Botswana,〔〔Cillie', G.E.B. (1992). ''Pocket Guide to Southern African Mammals''. ISBN 0-627-01686-3.〕 Lesotho, and Swaziland〔 * ''C. p. rufoviridis'' from Mozambique〔 and Uganda has a distinctly reddish-coloured back, which is darker towards the base of the tail.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vervet monkey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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