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Vervet
Another invasive species (unfortunately). This one is in St. Kitts (Caribbean).
In previous centuries, a number of them were taken as pets by slavers, and were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean islands, along with the enslaved Africans. The monkeys subsequently escaped or were released and became naturalized. The descendents of those populations are found on the West Indian islands of Barbados, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, and Sint Maarten.
In the Caribbean islands, interactions between humans and monkeys are sometimes problematic. Farmers complain about the monkeys damaging their crops, and many try to find ways to keep them at bay.
The vervet monkey, or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus "Chlorocebus". The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries.
