The main habitat of the grivet is savanna woodlands. The grivet is occasionally hunted as bushmeat. It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet ("Chlorocebus aethiops"). The grivet may live for 13 years. Michel Raji, Emmanuel Grivet, Heddy Maalem and Marceline Lartigue, among others. In some depictions the grivet may symbolize male sexuality. Grivet monkeys are common an prevent growing of bananas. The grivet is most active in the morning and in early evening. As here defined, the grivet is restricted to Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. The grivet needs to live around a source of water, especially during the dry season. Unlike that species, the grivet is common and rated as Least Concern by the IUCN.