Pan troglodytes

(Blumenbach, 1775)

Common Chimpanzee

Figure 1. FMNH 81533. Photograph by R. Banasiak.

Type Description:

De generis humani varietate nativa, p. 37

Type Locality:

Gabon, Mayoumba.

Measurements:

Total length: 1000-1700 mm

Head and body: 635-940 mm

Weight: 45-80 kg

Distribution:

Found throughout the forest zones which include rainforests, savanna woodlands, and lowland and montane forests, thickets and riverine forest strips up to 2,750 m, Pan troglodytes has a scattered and fragmented distribution from Senegal across to the north part of the Congo River to west Uganda and Tanzania. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:126-138.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p.10-12.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:613-615, 622-626.