Pygmy chimpanzee
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Pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) or Bonobo.
What are the main threats?
Civil unrest and increasing poverty in DRC pose immediate threats to the survival of the bonobo.
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Pygmy Chimpanzee
By: Paul Massicot; Last modified: November 10, 2005; © 1999 - 2005 Animal Info
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The bonobo, has in the past, been referred to as the "pygmy chimpanzee and this is a misnomer. Even though they have a more slender body and different shaped head than the common chimpanzee, they weigh as much as the smallest of the subspecies.
The bonobo (Pan paniscus), until recently usually called the Pygmy chimpanzee and less often the Dwarf or Gracile chimpanzee, is one of the two species comprising the chimpanzee genus, Pan.
Apart from humans, the orang-utan is the only one of the five great apes - the orang-utan, the gorilla, the common chimpanzee, the bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) and man - to live outside Africa.
Two species of chimpanzee, or chimp, exist: the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
paniscus (sometimes called the pygmy chimpanzee), is found only in the Congo (Kinshasa) S of the Congo River.
There are two different species of chimpanzee, the common chimpanzee and the pygmy chimpanzee. These two species of chimpanzee are separated by the African Congo river so dont really come into contact with one another.
Common Name: Bonobo, dwarf chimpanzee, gracile chimpanzee, pygmy chimpanzee
Scientific Name: Pan paniscus
Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests ...
Another common name for the creature is "pygmy chimpanzee." This term too is somewhat of a misnomer, as the bonobo's average size is equal to or even larger than that of one chimp subspecies, ...
4% of our DNA with chimps.
Chimpanzees are seven times as strong as a man.
The chimpanzee is one of four "great ape" species. The others are the bonobo (or pygmy chimpanzee), gorilla, and orangutan.
Bonobos, or pygmy chimpanzees, arguably our closest relative, may have been hunted so extensively that the survival of the species is at risk, World Wildlife Fund warns. (more) ...
 See also: Chimpanzee, Chimp, Bonobo, Monkey, Gorilla
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