Pan troglodytes
(Blumenbach, 1775)
Chimpanzee
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Primates |
Suborder | : Haplorhini |
Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
Superfamily | : Hominoidea |
Family | : Hominidae |
Subfamily | : Homininae |
Genus | : Pan |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Blumenbach, J.F. 1775. De generis humani varietate nativa liber. Vidvam Abr. Vandenhoeck, Göttingen, 100 pp.
Authority publication link
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5326683203&seq=45Original name as described
Simia troglodytes
Other common names
Chimpanzee · Common Chimpanzee · Robust Chimpanzee · Central Chimpanzee · Eastern Chimpanzee · Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee · Western Chimpanzee
Type locality
Angola.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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