Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes · Hominidae

The chimpanzee, commonly abbreviated to chimp, is a medium-sized great ape species found in the forests and savannas of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. The chimpanzee shares the genus Pan with the bonobo.

Where the Chimpanzee lives

Recorded in Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Guinea, Central African Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon and Dem. Rep. Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Kigoma, Sinoe, Mbomou, Masindi, Kabarole and Kindia.

See the Chimpanzee’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 4,318 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.