Anup Shah / Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) male scratching itself - remote camera . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Neil Aldridge / Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) yawning while sitting on a fallen tree in forests, Limpopo River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Wim van den Heever / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) baby jumping between branches, photographed mid air. Okavango Delta Botswana.

Vincent Grafhorst / Black-faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) baby clinging to mother, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Gerry Ellis / Black-faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) pair playing on camera and tripod, Barbados, Caribbean, native to East and southern Africa

Anup Shah / Baby Vervet monkey portrait (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) Samburu NR, Kenya

Anup Shah / Playful Vervet monkey in tree (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) Samburu NR, Kenya

Anup Shah / Vervet monkey family portrait {Cercopithecus aethiops} Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Chase Dekker / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) mother and young, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Chase Dekker / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) mother and young, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Tony Heald / Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) eating, Kruger National Park South Africa.

Eric Baccega / Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) foraging for seeds to eat in elephant dung, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia