Editing Vervet monkey (section)

=== Synonymy ===
''Ch. p. pygerythrus'', as ''Cercopithecus aethiops'', was also formerly divided into four subspecies:

*''C. a. pygerythrus'', from South Africa ([[Western Cape]], [[Eastern Cape]], [[Northern Cape]] and southern [[KwaZulu-Natal]]), and Lesotho; is said to have pale-colored limbs and white hands and feet (though the hands are also said to be black with a scattering of greyish hairs),<ref name="Skinner1990"/> and a greyish body colour with an olive sheen.<ref name="Cillie1992"/>
*''C. a. cloetei'', from northern [[KwaZulu-Natal]], Eswatini, and northern South Africa; is darker, with greyish-brown speckles and dark feet.<ref name="Cillie1992"/>
*''C. a. marjoriae'', from southern Botswana and the [[North West Province (South Africa)|North West Province]] of South Africa; is pale in colour (light ash-grey).<ref name="Cillie1992"/>
*''C. a. ngamiensis'',<ref>Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monographs 5:1–359</ref> from north-eastern Botswana and the [[Okavango Basin|Okavango]]; has pale feet and a yellowish back<ref name="Cillie1992"/> and the tail is darker (especially towards the tip) than in other southern vervets.<ref name="Skinner1990" />

These subspecies are no longer recognised and are synonymous with ''Ch. p. pygerythrus''.