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A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.
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Examples of chimpanzees in a Sentence
In central Africa the chimpanzees assume more or less marked gorilla-like traits.
A gorilla-like feature in "Johanna" is, however, the presence of large folds at the sides (ala) of the nostrils, which are absent in the typical chimpanzee, but in the gorilla extend down to the upper lip. Chimpanzees exhibit great docility in confinement, where, however, they seldom survive for any great length of time.
In the west and south-west are the vast primeval forests of Budonga and Bugoma, containing large chimpanzees and a peculiar sub-species of straight-tusked elephants (only found in Unyoro).
The human polio vaccine has been used to protect chimpanzees in the wild.
This type of evolutionary event not only led to the evolution of modern humans but also of modern chimpanzees and modern gorillas.
Chimpanzees, of which there appear to be at least two species, range through the tropical forest-zone of Africa from the west coast to Uganda.
Save the rainforests and feed orphaned chimpanzees for free!
It will be home to a number of endangered primates, including chimpanzees.
From 1979 to 1985, Swiss researchers were studying chimpanzees.
A vocabulary test for chimpanzees (pan troglodytes).
There are approximately 2,000 captive chimpanzees in the United States.
A study of young chimpanzees living in the wild might explain the biological reason why infant girls tend to learn faster than infant boys.
Primates Investigate the changing group dynamics of captive orphan chimpanzees in a sanctuary situation.
The baby chimpanzees are then smuggled by boat or plane, across the world.
Homo sapiens is closely related to other great apes, especially chimpanzees.
The second raid was at Sriracha Tiger Zoo where 100 illegal tigers as well as 2 illegal orangutans and 2 illegal chimpanzees were found.
A vocabulary test for chimpanzees (pan troglodytes ).
Some birds use stones to crush animal shells, chimpanzees use twigs to extract ants.
Scientific research indicates that chimpanzees have greater strength than humans, which means they can cause more damage in an attack.
Many domestic animals make better pets than chimpanzees.
Gorillas and chimpanzees eat an almost entirely vegan diet with the exception of ingesting a few stray ants when they grab plants in the wild, yet they grow healthy, big and quite strong!
The forests contain many kinds of monkeys, including huge chimpanzees; antelope are widespread but rather rare.
For the distribution of the various families and genera the reader may be referred to the article Primates; and it will suffice to mention here that while chimpanzees and baboons are now restricted to Africa and (in the case of the latter group) Arabia, they formerly occurred in India.
A subspecies of chimpanzees native to west equatorial Africa were identified as the original source of the virus.
It features an African exhibit with giraffes, chimpanzees, pygmy hippos and dwarf crocodiles.
Still the large size and prominence of the ears proclaim that both "Mafuka" and "Johanna" were chimpanzees and not gorillas.
Some of the features distinguishing the gorilla from the mere gorilla-like chimpanzees will be found mentioned in the article PRIMATES.