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title: "Malbrouck"
description: "Chlorocebus cynosuros — Zoogdieren. The malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros) is an Old World primate from Africa that belongs to the genus Chlorocebus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/malbrouck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Malbrouck

> Chlorocebus cynosuros — Zoogdieren. The malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros) is an Old World primate from Africa that belongs to the genus Chlorocebus.

- Scientific name: *Chlorocebus cynosuros*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 527
- Wikidata: [Q1202598](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1202598)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74188)

## Names

- en: Malbrouck
- de: Malbroucks Grüne Meerkatze
- es: Malbrouck
- fr: Vervet malbrouck
- nl: Malbrouck

## Countries with the most observations

NA (113), BW (101), ZM (98), AO (83), ZW (29), CG (3)

## Summary

The malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros) is an Old World primate from Africa that belongs to the genus Chlorocebus. The species is sometimes classified as a subspecies of the vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus), or of the widespread grivet (C. aethiops).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbrouck

## Photo

![Malbrouck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malbrouck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321547855

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malbrouck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).