Editing Vervet monkey (section)

== Physical description ==
The vervet monkey very much resembles a [[gray langur]], having a black face with a white fringe of hair, while its overall hair color is mostly grizzled-grey.<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Stuart, C. |author2=Stuart, T. |year=1997 |title=Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa |isbn=1-86825-757-6 |publisher=Penguin Random House South Africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author1=Fedigan, L. |author2=Fedigan, L. M. |year=1988 |title=''Cercopithecus aethiops'': a review of field studies. |location=Cambridge (UK) |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=389–411}}</ref> The species exhibits [[sexual dimorphism]]; the males are larger in weight and body length and may be recognized by a turquoise-blue scrotum. Adult males weigh between {{Convert|3.9|and|8.0|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, averaging {{Convert|5.5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, and have a body length between {{Convert|420|and|600|mm|in|abbr=on}}, averaging {{Convert|490|mm|in|abbr=on}} from the top of the head to the base of the tail. Adult females weigh between {{Convert|3.4|and|5.3|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and average {{Convert|4.1|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, and measure between {{Convert|300|and|495|mm|in|abbr=on}}, averaging {{Convert|426|mm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Skinner1990">{{Cite book |author1=Skinner, J.D.  |author2=Smithers, R.H.N.  |name-list-style=amp |year=1990 |title=The mammals of the southern African subregion |edition=2nd |location=Pretoria (South Africa) |publisher=University of Pretoria |page=771 |isbn=0-86979-802-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |editor=Napier, P.H. |year=1981 |title=Catalogue of primates in the British Museum (Natural History) and elsewhere in the British Isles |chapter=Part II: Family Cercopithecidae, Subfamily Cercopithecinae |location=London |publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |page=203}}</ref>