Bale Mountains vervet
The Bale Mountains vervet is a terrestrial Old World monkey endemic to Ethiopia, found in the bamboo forests of the Bale Mountains. It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet. All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus. The Bale Mountains Vervet is one of the least known primates in Africa. The Bale Mountains Vervet avoid tree-dominated and bush land areas as their habitat. These monkeys mainly reside in the bamboo forest of the Bale mountain due their dietary specialization on bamboo, however, other factors such as climate, forest history, soil quality, and disease could are likely to play a role in their choice to inhibit this area. The Bale Mountains Vervet have a very quiet behavior and tend to flee when coming across a human being.
