Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus
Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus is the southern-most subspecies of the Vervet Monkey from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana.
C. p. pygerythrus, as Cercopithecus aethiops, was formerly divided into four subspecies:
- C. a. pygerythrus, from South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal), and Lesotho; is said to have pale-coloured limbs and white hands and feet (though the hands are also said to be black with a scattering of greyish hairs),[2] and a greyish body colour with an olive sheen.[3]
- C. a. cloetei, from northern KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and northern South Africa; is darker, with greyish-brown speckles and dark feet.[3]
- C. a. marjoriae, from southern Botswana and the North West Province of South Africa; is pale in colour (light ash-grey).[3]
- C. a. ngamiensis,[4] from north-eastern Botswana and the Okavango; has pale feet and a yellowish back[3] and the tail is darker (especially towards the tip) than in other southern vervets.[2]
These subspecies are no longer recognised and are synonymous with C. p. pygerythrus.
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Female Ch. p. pygerythrus (C. a. pygerythrus) from southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Ch. p. pygerythrus (C. a. ngamiensis) From the Okavango Delta, Botswana
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References
- ^ Kingdon, J., Gippoliti, S., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y. (2008). "Chlorocebus pygerythrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136271. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ a b Skinner, J.D. (1990). The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion (New Edition). ISBN 0-86979-802-2
- ^ a b c d Cillie', G.E.B. (1992). Pocket Guide to Southern African Mammals. ISBN 0-627-01686-3.
- ^ Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monographs 5:1–359