- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold vervet monkey, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the vervet monkey
The vervet monkey is an Old World monkey native to Africa, found from Ethiopia and extreme southern South Sudan south to South Africa. It lives in savanna, riverine woodland, coastal forest and mountains up to 4000 m, and adapts to fragmented, cultivated and even urban areas. It has a black face fringed with white and grizzled grey fur; males are larger and have a turquoise-blue scrotum. Groups of 10 to 70 individuals eat mainly wild fruits, flowers, leaves, seeds and seed pods, plus grasshoppers and termites. Males move to other groups at sexual maturity. Each of four confirmed predators prompts a distinct alarm call.
Vervet Monkey facts
- Vervets are thought to have up to 30 different alarm calls.
- Leopards, martial eagles, Central African rock pythons and yellow baboons each draw a different call.
- Infants learn the alarm calls from observation alone.
- Introduced populations live on Cape Verde, Ascension Island, Saint Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, and Barbados.
Where to see vervet monkey in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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California· 1
Idaho· 1
Massachusetts· 1
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