52. Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus French: Vervet vert / German: Westliche Griinmeerkatze / Spanish: Vervet verde Other common names: Callithrix Monkey, Grass Monkey, Mangrove Monkey Taxonomy. Simia sabaea Linneaus, 1766, “Cape Verde Islands,” probably Senegal. There may be some limited interbreeding of C. sabaeus with C. tantalus in Ghana. This species was long considered part of the genus Cercopithecus and often treated as a subspecies of C. aethiops. Monotypic. Distribution. From Senegal and Guinea-Bissau (including the Bijagos Archipelago), E to just W of the Volta River system in Ghana; possibly also in S Mauritania. Introduced into the Cape Verde and Canary Is, as well as to Barbados, Nevis, and Saint Kitts Is in the West Indies. Descriptive notes. Head—body 42-60 cm (males) and 30-50 cm (females), tail 46-76 cm (males) and 41-66 cm (females); weight 3.1-6.4 kg (males) and 1-5—4-9 kg (females). The Green Monkey is grizzled golden-green above, the color extending to limbs and base of tail. Undersurfaces are creamy white, backs of thighs are yellow, hands and feet are gray, and tail tip is golden-yellow. Face is black, with long yellow cheek whiskers, which are directed upward in front of ears and over temples from a whorl just in front of the relatively large (usually black) ears, and sharply distinct from the speckledgreenish crown. There is sometimes (but not always) a light brow band, much less noticeable than in other species of Chlorocebus. Scrotum is very pale blue. Legs are longer than arms. At birth, fur is dark, with face, ears, palms, and soles unpigmented (i.e. light colored). As a youngster ages, fur changes color well before that of the skin. Infants’ tails are relatively shorter than those of adults, and limbs are relatively longer. Habitat. Broad range of habitats, often preferring riparian gallery woodland, Acacia savanna, coastal scrub, or lowland tropical moist forest edges. Green Monkeys adapt well to living in mangrove swamps; they are often found in deltas of West African rivers. They ...