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.

Original 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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