Common Chimpanzee

The Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is a great ape. Colloquially, it is often called the chimpanzee (or simply "chimp"), though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the Common Chimpanzee and the closely-related Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee.

Related Topics:
Great ape - Chimpanzee - Species - Genus - Bonobo

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Several subspecies of the Common Chimpanzee have been recognized:

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• Pan troglodytes troglodytes, Central Common or Black-faced Chimpanzee, in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
• Pan troglodytes verus, Western Common or Pale-faced Chimpanzee, in Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria;
• Pan troglodytes vellerosus, West Nigerian/East Cameroon Chimpanzee, in Nigeria and Cameroon;
• Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, Eastern Common or Long-haired Chimpanzee, in the Central African Republic, the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia.
 
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