Editing Vervet monkey (section)

=== Diet ===
The vervet monkey eats a primarily herbivorous diet, living mostly on wild fruits, flowers, leaves, seeds, and seed pods. In agricultural areas, vervets become problem animals, as they raid bean, pea, young tobacco, vegetable, fruit, and grain crops. Animal foods of their diet include [[grasshopper]]s and [[termite]]s. Raids of [[cattle egrets]] and [[weaver bird]] nests have been observed where the vervets eat the eggs and chicks.<ref name="Skinner1990"/>

A list of some natural food plants and part of the plant eaten, in South Africa:<ref name="Skinner1990"/><ref>Pooley, E. (1993). The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei. {{ISBN|0-620-17697-0}}.
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* ''[[Acacia erioloba]]'' – seeds and pods
* ''[[Aloe]]''spp. – nectar (flowers)
* ''[[Celtis africana]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Colophospermum mopane]]'' – seeds
* ''[[Deinbollia oblongifolia]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Euphorbia ingens]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Euphorbia tirucalli]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Ficus abutilifolia]]'' – figs
* ''[[Ficus sur]]'' – figs
* ''[[Ficus sycomorus]]'' – figs
* ''[[Grewia afra]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Harpephyllum afrum]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Hyphaene coriacea]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Phoenix reclinata]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Protorhus longifolia]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Rhus chirindensis]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Sclerocarya birrea]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Strelitzia nicolai]]'' – soft parts of the flowers
* ''[[Ximenia afra]]'' – fruit
* ''[[Ziziphus mucronata]]'' – fruit
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