Chimpanzee
Appearance
Chimpanzees[1] Temporal range: Middle Pliocene – Recent
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Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Faimily: | Hominidae |
Subtribe: | Panina |
Genus: | Pan Oken, 1816 |
Teep species | |
Pan troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775
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Species | |
Distribution o Pan troglodytes (common chimpanzee) an Pan paniscus (bonobo, in red) | |
Synonyms | |
Troglodytes E. Geoffroy, 1812 (preoccupied) |
Chimpanzees (sometimes cried chimps) are ane o the twa species o the genus Pan, the ither bein the bonobo. Thegither wi gorillas, they are the anerly exclusively African species o great ape that are currently livin. Hamelt in sub-Saharan Africae, baith chimpanzees an bonobos are currently foond in the Congo jungle.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 182–3. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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