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Vervet Monkey

Chlorocebus pygerythru

Photo by Jared Hersch
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Brotherly Love!

Habitat:

Dense bush riverside!

Notes:

When males reach sexual maturity, they move to a neighboring group. Often, males will move with a brother or peer, presumably for protection against aggression by males and females of the resident group. Groups that had previously transferred males show significantly less aggression upon the arrival of another male. In almost every case, males migrate to adjacent groups. This obviously increases benefits in regard to distance traveled, but also reduces the amount of genetic variance, increasing the likelihood of inbreeding

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