Old World monkey

Interesting facts about grivets

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The grivet also known as African green monkey and savannah monkey is an Old World monkey. The scientific name for this monkey is Chlorocebus aethiops. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops. The grivet is is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and … Read more

Interesting facts about rhesus macaques

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The rhesus macaque is a species of Old World monkey. It is native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia . Rhesus macaques are found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Vietnam, southern China, and some neighboring areas. This species has the widest geographic range of all non-human primates, occupying a great diversity of … Read more