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The chimpanzee (/ tʃ ɪ m p æ n ˈ z i /; Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of ...
The colloquialism "chimp" was most likely coined some time in the late 1870s. [13] [14] The chimpanzee was named Simia troglodytes by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776. The species name troglodytes is a reference to the Troglodytae (literally "cave-goers"), an African people described by Greco-Roman geographers.
The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered. [2] Although the common chimpanzee is the most abundant and widespread of the non-human great apes, recent declines in East Africa are expected to continue due to hunting and loss of habitat.
Tonka, the chimpanzee at the center of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, is far removed from the drama included in the show today.. The 32-year-old primate first rose to fame in the 90s, when, as a ...
Chimp Haven was founded in 1995 to meet the need for long-term chimpanzee care for chimps formerly used in biomedical research. The first chimpanzees arrived at Chimp Haven in 2005. Since then ...
The western chimpanzee (P. t. verus) is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), along with the central chimpanzee (P. t. troglodytes), the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (P. t. ellioti), and the eastern chimpanzee (P. t. schweinfurthii). [3]
Tonka, the primate star of Chimp Crazy, had a heartwarming family reunion.. In the HBO docuseries’ final episode, which aired Sunday, Sept. 8, the chimpanzee arrived at Save the Chimps, his ...
Enos the Chimpanzee travels to space on NASA's Mercury Atlas 5 1960, YouTube video "Voyage of space chimpanzee Enos ended in Bermuda" by Gail Westerfield; A film clip Chimp into space (no title), 1961/11/30 (1961) is available for viewing at the Internet Archive