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grivet /ˈɡrɪvɪt /(also grivet monkey) nounA common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with green monkey and vervet.- Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts.
This small forest is rich in mammal species like the red-tailed and grivet monkeys, the dwarf bush baby, the Potto and the African and palm civets....- Green monkeys are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys.
- The riverine forest has many colobus and grivet monkeys.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. |