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- green monkey or vervet
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In the late nineteen-seventies, two primatologists, Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth, were studying vervet monkeys in Kenya.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Young vervets sometimes use these calls faultily, perhaps sounding a leopard alarm for a warthog.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Orange City Police Department Rhesus macaques are one of two species of wild monkeys — along with vervet monkeys — that are reproducing in Florida, according to the wildlife conservation commission.
—Julianne McShane, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
Baboons wrestled and chased vervet monkeys, oblivious to the small band of humans in their midst who were enraptured by the splendor of it all.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Young vervets sometimes use these calls faultily, perhaps sounding a leopard alarm for a warthog.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Orange City Police Department Rhesus macaques are one of two species of wild monkeys — along with vervet monkeys — that are reproducing in Florida, according to the wildlife conservation commission.
—Julianne McShane, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
Baboons wrestled and chased vervet monkeys, oblivious to the small band of humans in their midst who were enraptured by the splendor of it all.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
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“Vervet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vervet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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