Chimpanzee Antics | Chimps | Great Apes | Primates | Mammals | Pan Troglodytes

Chimpanzee Antics | Chimps | Great Apes | Primates | Mammals | Pan Troglodytes.

Chimpanzee troops frolicking and having fun at a Singapore Zoo.

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@PetriKoistinen
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The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and 
savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close relative the bonobo 
was more commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this species was often called the common chimpanzee or the robust chimpanzee. The chimpanzee and the bonobo are the only species in the genus 
Pan. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that Pan is a sister taxon to the human lineage and is humans' closest living relative. The chimpanzee is covered in coarse black hair, but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. It is larger and more 
robust than the bonobo, weighing 40–70 kg (88–154 lb) for males and 27–50 kg (60–110 lb) for females and standing 150 cm (4 ft 11 in).

The chimpanzee lives in groups that range in size from 15 to 150 members, although individuals travel and forage in much smaller groups during the day. The species lives in a strict male-dominated hierarchy, where disputes are generally settled without the need for violence. 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. The species has also been found creating sharpened sticks to spear small mammals. Its gestation period is eight months. The infant is weaned at about three years old but usually maintains a close relationship with its mother for several years more.

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