Table 1.

Historical taxonomic divisions of vervet Monkeys in Southern Africa.

		Subspecies:
# samples	Species:	rufoviridis 31	ngamiensis 11	marjoriae 8	helvescens 14	pygerythrus 52	cloeti 9	cynosuros	silaceus
Pocock, 1907	C. pygerythrus	x				x
Fitzsimmons, 1919	C. pygerythrus	x				x
Schwarz, 1928	C. aethiops	x				x
Shortridge, 1934	C. aethiops		x		x	x		x	x
Roberts, 1951	C. aethiops	x	x	x	x	x	x
Ellerman, 1953	C. aethiops	x	x	x	x	x	x
Dandelot, 1959	C. pygerythrus	x	x	x	x	x
Hill, 19662	C. pygerythrus	x	x	x		x	x
Dandelot, 1971	C. pygerythrus	x	x	x	x	x
Kingdon, 1971	C. aethiops					x
Ansell, 1978	C. pygerythrus					x		x
Napier, 1981	C. aethiops	x	x	x	x	x
Smithers, 19711, 1986	C. aethiops		x		x	x
Meester, 1986	C. aethiops	x	x	x	x	x	x
Groves, 2001	C. pygerythrus				x
Grubb, 2003	C. aethiops						x
Skinner & Chimimba, 2005	C. pygerythrus	x	x	x	x	x	x
Location		N Mozambique	N, NE Botswana	S Botswana	N Namibia, NW Botswana, SW Zambia	Indian Ocean Coastal belt of South Africa	NW and N South Africa, N coastal belt	W. Africa	Mozambique probably rufoviridis

¹Botswana only;

²Superspecies