Grivet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the grivet lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Chlorocebus aethiops
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the grivet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the grivet in 7 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the grivet endangered?

The grivet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the grivet?

The grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Chlorocebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the grivet

The grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of its face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops. As here defined, the grivet is restricted to Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea. In the southern part of its range, it comes into contact with the closely related vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus) and Bale Mountains vervet (C. djamdjamensis). Hybridization between them is possible, and may present a threat to the vulnerable Bale Mountains vervet. Unlike that species, the grivet is common and rated as least concern by the IUCN.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Grivet (revision 1356906516), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q257470 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).