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Chimpanzees are
a species of great
ape.
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Chimpanzees
Classification:
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Hominidae
Genus:
Pan
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Conservation
Status: Chimpanzees
are endangered,
the main threats
to chimps are the
loss of their habitat
from agriculture
and logging. An
estimated 100,000
to 200,000 chimpanzees
remain in the wild.
Other Names:
Chimps, Common Chimpanzee,
Robust Chimpanzee,
Western Chimp, Masked
Chimpanzee, Central
African Chimpanzee,
Black-faced Chimpanzee
East African Chimpanzee,
Long-haired Chimpanzee,
Nigeria chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
in Foreign
Languages
Afrikaans:
sjimpansee
Arabic:
shimbanzii
Armenian:
simpanze
Belarusian:
sympanze
Breton:
chimpanze
Catalan:
ximpanze
Croatian:
cimpanza
Czech:
simpanz
Danish:
chimpanse
Dutch:
chimpansee
Estonian:
simpans
Finnish:
simpanssi
French:
chimpanze
Georgian:
simpanze
German:
Schimpanse
Greek:
khimpatzis
Hebrew:
shimpanze
Hungarian:
csimpanz
Icelandic:
simpansi
Italian:
scimpanze
Japanese:
chinpanji
/ kuroshojo
Kongo:
kimpenzi
Korean:
chimpaenjisok
Latin:
satyrus
Lithuanian:
simpanze
Mandarin:
heixingxing
Manx:
chimpansee
Mongolian:
simpanze
Navajo:
magishzhin
Persian:
simpanze
Polish:
szympans
Portuguese:
chimpanze
Romanian:
cimpanzeu
Russian:
simpanz'
Slovak:
simpanz
Slovene:
simpanz
Somali:
korow
Spanish:
chimpance
Swahili:
Sokwe
Swedish:
schimpans
Thai:
ling chim-bpaen-see
Turkish:
sempanze
Ukrainian:
sympanze
Vietnamese:
tinh tinh
Welsh:
tsimpansi
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Size: Chimpanzees
are 3-5 feet tall
and they weigh 70-130
lbs.
Habitat:
Chimpanzees live
in Africa, in the
dense rain forests,
open woodlands,
and grasslands.
Gestation:
Chimpanzees carry
their young for
7.5 months.
Birth: Chimpanzee
babies are 4 lbs
at birth. Newborn
chimps are helpless
and totally reliant
on their mother.
Chimpanzees will
stay with their
mother for the first
7-10 years of their
life. Female chimpanzees
give birth the first
time when they are
between 12 and 15
years of age.
Sexual Maturity:
Males chimpanzees
sexually mature
at 15 -16 years
of age. Female chimpanzees
are sexually mature
at 13-14 years of
age. Chimpanzees
give birth every
5-6 years.
Behavior:
Chimpanzees will
groom each other
and they will use
tools as weapons
against predators
(like rocks or sticks).
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Diet: Chimpanzees
are omnivores,and eat
both plants and animals.
A chimpanzees diet consists
of fruit, leaves, seeds,
honey, flowers, buds,
bark, stems, insects,
and occasionally the meat
of small mammals. Chimps
will spend 6-8 hours a
day looking for food.
Description: A
chimpanzee body is covered
with long black hair,
and their face is bare.
Chimpanzees do not have
a tail, but do have opposable
thumbs and opposable big
toes, to helps help them
climb and grasp objects.
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Communication: Chimpanzees
use body language,
facial expressions,
hand-clapping, grooming,
and kissing as methods
of communication. |
Did
You Know?
Chimps
and humans
share 98
percent
of their
genes.
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Social Structure:
Chimpanzees socialize
in family groups of 6-10
individual chimps. Occassionally
a number of family groups
will join together to
form a community of more
than 100 chimps. Mothers
will form extremely strong
social bonds with their
young.
Life Span: The
average life span of a
chimpanzee is approximately
45 years.
Unusual: Chimpanzees
are highly intelligent
and are able to use tools.
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