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chimpanzee
(redirected from Common chimpanzees)

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chim·pan·zee  (chmpn-z, -pn-, chm-pnz)
n.
A gregarious anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of tropical Africa, having long dark hair and somewhat arboreal habits and exhibiting humanlike behavior and a high degree of intelligence. It is now considered vulnerable to extinction in the wild.

[Portuguese, from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi.]

chimpanzee [ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a gregarious and intelligent anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, inhabiting forests in central W Africa
[from Kongo dialect]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chimpanzeechimpanzee - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
great ape, pongid - any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
genus Pan, Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
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
eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii - long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees
central chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes - black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees
bonobo, Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee - small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Translations
chimpanzee [ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː] Nchimpancé m

chimpanzee [ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː] nchimpanzé m

chimpanzee [ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː] nscimpanzé m inv
chimpanzee [ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː] nscimpanzé m inv

chimpanzee
n chimpanzee [tʃimpənˈziː]
a type of small African ape. sjimpansee شمبانزي шимпанзе šimpanz chimpanse der Schimpanse χιμπατζής chimpancé šimpans شامپانزه simpanssi chimpanzé שִימפַּנזָה चिंपांजी čimpanza csimpánz simpanse simpansi scimpanzé チンパンジー 침팬지 šimpanzė šimpanze cimpanzi chimpansee sjimpanse szympans chimpanzé cimpanzeu шимпанзе šimpanz šimpanz šimpanza schimpans ลิงชิมแปนซี şempanze 黑猩猩 шимпанзе چمپینزی، لنگور con tinh tinh

chimpanzee شمبانزى šimpanz chimpanse Schimpanse χιμπαντζής chimpancé simpanssi chimpanzé čimpanza scimpanzè チンパンジー 침팬지 chimpansee sjimpanse szympans chimpanzé, chipanzé шимпанзе schimpans ลิงชิมแปนซี şempanze con tinh tinh 黑猩猩


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Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of Congo are home to most Central African common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes).
The Stony Brook scientist examined lower-thumb bones of 12 pygmy chimpanzees, 49 common chimpanzees, and 41 modern humans, as well as single thumb fossils from Australopithecus afarensis (dating to about 3 million years ago), Paranthropus robustus (found at a 1.
The Gombe National Park provides a dries environment, a smaller food supply and an apparently narrower range of foods than those enjoyed by common chimpanzees living elsewhere, possibly leading to increased competition for food and decreased body size, they suggest.
 
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