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- green monkey or vervet
green monkey
noun
: a long-tailed monkey of any of several African subspecies of a guenon (Chlorocebus aethiops synonym Cercopithecus aethiops) having greenish-appearing hair and often used in medical research
called also vervet
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Marburg first surfaced in 1967 in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany and Belgrade, Yugoslavia, after African green monkeys were imported for scientific research.
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Among the many stops on the tour was the sugar plantation of St. Nicholas Abbey and the Barbados Wildlife Reserve where the islands charismatic green monkeys live.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 June 2024
Animal lovers will want to head further north to Barbados Wildlife Reserve to hang out with Barbados green monkeys, deer and tortoise among the mahogany trees.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The first cases were identified in European laboratory workers who were handling African green monkeys imported from Uganda.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
Infected green monkeys from Uganda were shipped to Germany and (then) Yugoslavia.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The 31 cases that occurred were among lab workers exposed to African green monkeys from Uganda or their tissue, and members of the workers’ families.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Feb. 2023
The Marburg virus, which originates in fruit bats, was first detected in 1967 among people who had been exposed to African green monkeys.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
There was a girl with a green monkey.
—Andrew Goldman, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Among the many stops on the tour was the sugar plantation of St. Nicholas Abbey and the Barbados Wildlife Reserve where the islands charismatic green monkeys live.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 June 2024
Animal lovers will want to head further north to Barbados Wildlife Reserve to hang out with Barbados green monkeys, deer and tortoise among the mahogany trees.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The first cases were identified in European laboratory workers who were handling African green monkeys imported from Uganda.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
Infected green monkeys from Uganda were shipped to Germany and (then) Yugoslavia.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The 31 cases that occurred were among lab workers exposed to African green monkeys from Uganda or their tissue, and members of the workers’ families.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Feb. 2023
The Marburg virus, which originates in fruit bats, was first detected in 1967 among people who had been exposed to African green monkeys.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
There was a girl with a green monkey.
—Andrew Goldman, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
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“Green monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20monkey. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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