Pan troglodytes

Definitions of Pan troglodytes

1. noun

   intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
   synonyms: chimp, chimpanzee

   types:

   Pan troglodytes verus, western chimpanzee

   masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species

   Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, eastern chimpanzee

   long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees

   Pan troglodytes troglodytes, central chimpanzee

   black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees

   Pan paniscus, bonobo, pygmy chimpanzee

   a small chimpanzee of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a threatened species

   type of:

   great ape, pongid

   any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae