Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
- GenusChlorocebus (Savannah Monkeys)
- SpeciesChlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet Monkey)
Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tantalus Monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
Olive Baboon
Papio anubis
Mantled Guereza
Colobus guereza
Red-tailed Monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Blue Monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
L'Hoest's Guenon
Allochrocebus lhoesti
Ashy Red Colobus
Piliocolobus tephrosceles
Angola Colobus
Colobus angolensis
Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Vervet Monkey in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Vervet Monkey sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Vervet Monkey in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Vervet Monkey in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.