chimpanzee: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Pan troglodytes

Photos and Videos

A common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) sits on a rock holding a long blade of grass in its mouth, with dense green foliage in the background.

Close-up of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) looking through green forest foliage, with its face clearly visible and mouth slightly open.

Map of central and western Africa showing the geographic ranges of chimpanzee and bonobo species, with color-coded areas for western chimpanzee (blue), Nigerian-Cameroon chimpanzee (purple), central chimpanzee (pink), eastern chimpanzee (orange), and bonobo (green). The ranges are concentrated in countries such as Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and surrounding regions.

adult chimpanzees with offspring

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Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) holding a stick and inserting it into a hole in a tree trunk, demonstrating tool use.

Diagram tracing the evolutionary split of humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas over the past 12 million years, with skull illustrations for key hominin species and African great apes, and branching lines showing divergence points.

An adult chimpanzee walks on all fours while a baby chimpanzee clings to its back in a green, outdoor setting with tree trunks in the background.

The video thumbnail image shows two black and white photos of monkey and ape heads, surrounded by blue and pink circles.

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