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Bonobos

Bonobo
Temporal range: Early – Holocene
Bonobos Lana & Kesi 2006 CALVIN IMG 1301.JPG
Bonobo mother and daughter at the San Diego Zoo, 2006
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pan
Species: P. paniscus
Binomial name
Pan paniscus
Schwarz, 1929
Bonobo distribution.svg
Bonobo distribution
Genomic information
NCBI genome ID 10729
Ploidy diploid
Genome size 2,869.21 Mb
Number of chromosomes 24 pairs
Year of completion 2012

The bonobo (/bə.ˈn.b/ or /ˈbɒ.nə.b/; Pan paniscus), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both species together, it is usually understood as referring to the common chimpanzee, whereas Pan paniscus is usually referred to as the bonobo.

The bonobo is distinguished by relatively long legs, pink lips, dark face and tail-tuft through adulthood, and parted long hair on its head. The bonobo is found in a 500,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi) area of the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. The species is omnivorous and inhabits primary and secondary forests, including seasonally inundated swamp forests. Political instability in the region and the timidity of bonobos has meant there has been relatively little field work done observing the species in its natural habitat.


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