Bonobo

Pan paniscus · Hominidae

The bonobo, also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee, is the smallest species of great ape and one of the two making up the genus Pan. While bonobos are today recognized as a distinct species, they were initially thought to be a subspecies of Pan troglodytes, because of the physical similarities between the two species. Taxonomically, members of the chimpanzee/bonobo subtribe Panina—composed entirely by the genus Pan—are collectively termed panins.

Where the Bonobo lives

Recorded in Dem. Rep. Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Orientale, Bandundu, Équateur and Kasaï-Oriental.

See the Bonobo’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 61 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.