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title: "Macaco-verde"
description: "Chlorocebus sabaeus — Mamíferos. The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/green-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Macaco-verde

> Chlorocebus sabaeus — Mamíferos. The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet.

- Scientific name: *Chlorocebus sabaeus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1823
- Wikidata: [Q857996](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q857996)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74190](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74190)

## Names

- en: Green Monkey
- de: Westliche Grüne Meerkatze
- es: Mono verde
- fr: Vervet vert
- nl: Geelgroene meerkat
- pt: Macaco-verde
- pl: Koczkodan saba

## Countries with the most observations

GM (497), BB (314), SN (293), KN (177), US (110), GH (61), MF (55), SX (25), CV (21), GN (17), SL (13), GW (12)

## Summary

The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers. It does not have a distinguishing band of fur on the brow, like other Chlorocebus species, and males have a pale blue scrotum. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single widespread species, C. aethiops.

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

## Photo

![Macaco-verde](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331211918

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-monkey?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).