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Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

Classification

Family
Hominidae

The chimpanzee (; Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of medium-sized great ape found along the forested belt of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close relative, the bonobo, was more commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this species was often called the common chimpanzee or the robust chimpanzee.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 2