Chlorocebus sabaeus
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The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), also known as the sabaeus monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers. It does not have a distinguishing band of fur on the brow, like other Chlorocebus species, and males have a pale blue scrotum. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single widespread species, C. aethiops.
The green monkey is a sexually dimorphic species, with males typically being slightly larger than females. Wild adult males weigh between 3.9 and 8.0 kg (8.6 and 17.6 lb) and measure between 420 and 600 mm (1.38 and 1.97 ft), while the females usually weigh between 3.4 and 5.3 kg (7.5 and 11.7 lb) and measure between 300 and 495 mm (0.984 and 1.624 ft).
The green monkey can be found in a wide range of wooded habitats, ranging from very dry Sahel woodland to the edge of rainforests. It is also commonly seen in coastal regions, where known to feed on seashore foods such as crabs. It also takes a wide variety of other foods, including fruits and invertebrates... Wikipedia →
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Gambia · 2025
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecological Center of Sonora | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Safari World | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Selwo Aventura | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Guangzhou Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Zoo La Barben | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | 无锡动物园 | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara (BICA) | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Зоопарк ХІІ Місяців | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 9 | Parc zoologique de Fréjus | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | African Village | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 11 | Rivne Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 12 | Odesa Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 13 | Corax Fauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 14 | Lutsk Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 15 | Barbados Wildlife Reserve | 🇧🇧 Barbados | |
| 16 | Natura Parc | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Zoo de Martinique | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Міні-зоопарк | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 19 | Tula Exotarium | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green Monkey sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 15 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Green Monkey in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against about 70% in March, the lowest month. Those are among Niokolo-Koba National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 300 mm in August. July to October have too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Monkey sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Niokolo-Koba National Park, in our data
Niokolo-Koba National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Monkey sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cercopithecidae
The closest relatives of the Green Monkey that you can see in Niokolo-Koba National Park (family Cercopithecidae, Old World Monkeys) are Guinea Baboon (about 80%) and Western Red Colobus (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Monkey is recorded against all the mammals logged in Niokolo-Koba National Park (82 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.
