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vervet

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vervet: see monkey monkey, any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order. The term monkey includes all primates that do not belong to the categories human, ape, or prosimian; however, monkeys do have certain common features.
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mulatta), and 1 vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) were tested with a virus neutralization test (VNT) using a CPXV strain isolated in this study (CPXVmac).
A vervet monkey who spots a leopard, for instance, warns his fellow monkeys, even though the call may attract the leopard's attention to the individual.
Field researchers in Africa have observed male vervet monkeys attracting females by uttering the vervet word for ``food,'' Marler said.
 
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