Table 2.

Diagnostic criteria for separation of vervet monkeys in Southern Africa (Hill, 1966; Groves, 2001)

	Whiskers:	Frontal band:	Caudul tuft:	Feet:	Back:	Tail tip:	Face:	Scrotum:	notes
rufoviridis	long with yellow and black	white	rust colored	---	reddish brown speckled with black	black	brownish black	dark blue
ngamiensis	---	narrow	---	blackish	olive gray with black	black	----	----	similar to helvescens
marjoriae	----	----	---	blackish	paler than cloeti ? If immature	blackish	-----	----
helvescens	----	----	---	----	____	____	___	___	cynosuros to Hill
pygerythrus	Greyish, long	broad white, circles face	no tuft, red	black	Grayish olive	Black	black	bright greenish blue
cloeti	___	___	___	__	__-	___	___	___	larger teeth