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. ... : Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Cercopithecidae, pp. 550-755 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 673, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6867065 ...