guenon

Synonyms:

guenon monkey

Types:

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Cercopithecus talapoin, talapoin

smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests

Cercopithecus aethiops, grivet

white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face

Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet, vervet monkey

South African monkey with black face and hands

African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, green monkey

common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail

Type of:

Old World monkey, catarrhine

of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together