The
vervet monkey (
Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply
vervet, is an
Old World monkey of the family
Cercopithecidae native to
Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus
Chlorocebus. The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries. Vervets were introduced to
Florida,
Texas,
Alabama, Louisiana,
Arizona,
California,
Ascension Island,
Cape Verde,
Barbados,
Saint Kitts,
Bermuda,
Bahamas,
Cuba,
Jamaica,
Haiti,
Dominican Republic, and
Nevis. These mostly herbivorous monkeys have black faces and grey body hair color, ranging in length from about for males to about for females.