Chimpanzee map Pan troglodytes Endangered

Interesting facts

• Nearly all chimpanzee populations have been recorded using tools, modifying sticks, rocks, grass and leaves and using them for hunting and acquiring honey, termites, ants, nuts and water. [source]
• In 1960, a chimpanzee from the Kasakela chimpanzee community was the first nonhuman animal reported making a tool, by modifying a twig to use as an instrument for extracting termites from their mound. [source]

About the chimpanzee

The chimpanzee (; Pan troglodytes), commonly abbreviated to chimp, is a medium-sized great ape species found in the forests and savannas of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. The chimpanzee shares the genus Pan with the bonobo. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that the two species are humans' closest living relatives. The chimpanzee is bigger and more robust than the bonobo. It is covered in coarse black hair but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.

Subspecies (5)

Subspecies listed in Wikidata as children of Pan troglodytes (fossil-only taxa excluded). Classification is debated for many animals and lists differ between authorities.

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  Pan troglodytes verus – Western chimpanzee Critically endangered
  on the map
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  Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii – Eastern Chimpanzee Endangered
  on the map
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  Pan troglodytes troglodytes Endangered
  on the map
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  Pan troglodytes ellioti – Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee Endangered
  2 open-licence GBIF records (too few to map)
• Pan troglodytes vellerosus
  no open-licence GBIF records

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Text in “About”, “Interesting facts” and “Population” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chimpanzee (revision 1381205278), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: sentences excerpted verbatim, citations and formatting removed. No text added. Taxa and status: Wikidata Q4126704 (CC0).

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