Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

Mammalia · Primates · Hominidae

Fig. 1. Chimpanzee

Fig. 2. Range

Length or height	Standing about 1-1.7 m
Weight	About 40-60 kg
Food	Omnivore: fruit, leaves, insects, sometimes meat
Lifespan	About 40-50 years
Society	Fission-fusion communities
Habitat	tropical rainforest, savanna
Range	Africa
Wild or tame	Wild

Shares about 98 percent of our DNA. Jane Goodall saw chimps make and use tools in 1960.

Observe: Watch tool use, hand-holding, and reconciliation after a squabble.

Modern data

Status today

ENEndangered AZA SAFE: Chimpanzee status to verify

Conservation	Endangered by habitat loss, hunting and disease.
Keeper's note	Keepers give puzzle feeders and termite-mound mock-ups so chimps can use sticks as tools.
Kingdom · phylum	Animalia · Chordata
Genus	Pan

Check the record: IUCN Red List · GBIF · ITIS

See it elsewhere in the museum

For classes

Lessons: The Primate Learning Lab: Open the field notebookPreviewThe Primate Learning Lab: Watch one primatePreviewThe Primate Learning Lab: The stick in the termite moundPreview

Drawer: Zoo: Primates

Quiz: Primates quiz · 5 questions