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Chimpanzee
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The two species of chimpanzees are in the genus Pan. Most commonly referred to as the chimpanzee is Pan troglodytes, the Common Chimpanzee, living in West and Central Africa. Its cousin, the Bonobo or Pygmy Chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The boundary between the two species is formed by the Congo River.
The genus Pan is nowadays considered to be part of the subfamily Homininae to which humans also belong, although humans were once segregated from the other great apes in different families. Biologists believe that the chimpanzees are the closest evolutionary relatives to human beings. Their common ancestor branched off from its latest common ancestor with us as recently as 4 to 7 million years ago, and they have 98 - 99.4% of their DNA in common with humans, which prompted biologist Jared Diamond to dub our species "the third chimpanzee". Some biologists believe that assigning chimpanzees to a different genus or even family than humans, a taxonomic division which Carolus Linnaeus instituted and later regretted, is an instance of anthropocentrism unjustified on biological grounds. Many modern primatologists now place all of the great apes, including humans, into one family, with all but the Orangutan in the same subfamily.
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Homindae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Chimpanzees
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INFO LINKS
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Chimpanzee
Planet-Pets.com
class group information Read More
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Jane Goodall's Research
www.pbs.org
About Jane Goodall's research on wild chimpanzees Read More
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Chimpanzee
National Geographic - Creature Feature Archive
Chimpanzee fun facts Read More
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Chimpanzee
BBC Nature: Wildfacts
Chimpanzee: Facts and Pictures Read More
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Bonobo
BBC Nature: Wildfacts
Categorized information on life span, statistics, distribution, habitat, diet, etc. "Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are genetically our closest living relatives". Read More
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Chimpanzee
Sedgwick County Zoo
Chimpanzee fact sheet Read More
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Chimpanzee
theBigZoo.com
About Chimpanzee Read More
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Chimpanzee
National Geographic
Chimpanzee fact sheet and pictures; video clip; audio clip Read More
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Chimpanzee
Kid's Planet
Good site for school. Find out why chimpanzees are called omnivores and quadrupedal. Information on sixe, population, lifespan, range, habitat, food, behavior Read More
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Chimpanzee
Planet Pets
Brief Information on chimpanzees Read More
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Bonobo
Animals Of The Rainforest
"There are two species of chimpanzees. The Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the Pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus).
The Pygmy chimpanzee is also known as "Bonobo".
Brief description, taxonomic information, pictures, and links Read More
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Chimpanzee
ChimpanZoo
ChimpanZoo has chimpanzee information, research briefs, audio and video clips of chimpanzees, chimp pictures and biographies, chimp merchandise, etc. Read More
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Bonobo
African Wildlife Foundation
Detailed fact sheet Read More
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Chimpanzee
African Wildlife Foundation
Detailed fact sheet Read More
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Chimpanzee
Searworld.Org
Interesting Facts about chimpanzee. Read More
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Chimpanzee Organization
Jane Goodall Institute
The mission is advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment of all living things. Read More
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Chimpanzee Organization
Chimps, Inc.
HIMPS, INC. is a nonprofit 501(C)3-1 organization dedicated to furthering chimpanzee conservation through education. Read More
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Chimpanzee
The World of Chimpanzees
Discusses medicinal use of plants by chimpanzees, tool use, social structure etc Read More
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Chimpanzee
Honolulu Zoo
Categorized information on distribution and habitat, physical characterestics, behavior, diet, etc Read More
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Chimpanzee
Blue Planet Biomes
Brief description of Chimpanzee with additional references Read More
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Chimpanzee
Animals Of The Rainforest
Brief description, taxonomic information, pictures, and links Read More
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Chimpanzee
Africana.com
Brief article about Chimpanzee Read More
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Japanese
The World of Chimpanzees
information in Japanese Read More
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Chimpanzee
Craig Stanford, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Predatory Behavior and Ecology of Wild Chimpanzees Read More
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