Chlorocebus aethiops
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In 3 days >90%
The grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of its face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops. As here defined, the grivet is restricted to Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea. In the southern part of its range, it comes into contact with the closely related vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus) and Bale Mountains vervet (C. djamdjamensis). Hybridization between them is possible, and may present a threat to the vulnerable Bale Mountains vervet. Unlike that species, the grivet is common and rated as least concern by the IUCN.
The grivet's facial skin, hands, and feet are black. The face has a white line above the eyes. It has long, white whiskers on the cheeks. The fur on the back has an olive color, while the front is white. The skin on the stomach has a blue tint. The fur has a bristly feel. The approximate head and body length for males is 49 cm (19 in) and 42.6 cm (16.8 in) for females. The length of the tail for males is about 30–50 cm (12–20 in). The body mass ranges from 3.4 to 8.0 kg (7.5 to 17.6 lb), with females... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karagandy Zoo | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 2 | Xinjiang Tianshan Safari Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Beijing Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Safari Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | 西霞口神雕山野生動物世界 | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Seoul Zoo | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 7 | Selwo Aventura | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Zoo La Barben | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Giza Zoo | 🇪🇬 Egypt | |
| 10 | 无锡动物园 | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 11 | Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Parc de l'Auxois | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 14 | Öland Zoo and Amusement Park | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 15 | Havana Zoo | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 16 | Wingham Wildlife Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Seville Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Monkeyland | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 19 | Van Blanckendaell Park | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 20 | Natura Parc | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Zoo de Martinique | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 22 | At Adası | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | |
| 23 | Dijital Hayvanat Bahçesi | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | |
| 24 | Тюменский зоопарк | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Grivet sighting in Awash National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 6 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and July
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Grivet in Awash National Park on a given day, against about 30% in October, the lowest month. April–June, August and December have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grivet sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Awash National Park, in our data
Awash National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Grivet sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grivet is recorded against all the mammals logged in Awash National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
