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Chimpanzee
Photo: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0

Rainforest · Mammal

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

The chimpanzee is one of our closest animal relatives. It lives in large communities and makes and uses tools.

Where it lives
Forests of central and western Africa
Diet
OmnivoreEats plants and meat
Weight
40–60 kg
Height
1.2 m
Top speed
40 km/h
Lifespan (wild)
30–40 years

In Pawpedia: What is a mammal?What is an omnivore?What does endangered mean?

Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

It would take about 1 of them to match Yaman's height (height 1.2 m). 0.25 m0.5 m0.75 m1 m1.25 m1.5 m Yaman · 1.5 m Chimpanzee · 1.2 m
Height1×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 1 of them to match Yaman's height (height 1.2 m).

Weight1.4Yamans

Around 50 kg — as heavy as 1.4 Yamans.

Common questions

Where does the chimpanzee live?

Forests of central and western Africa. In our zoo it lives in the Rainforest zone.

What does the chimpanzee eat?

It is a omnivore: it eats plants and meat.

How big does the chimpanzee get?

Height: 1.2 m. It weighs 40–60 kg.

How long does the chimpanzee live?

30–40 years in the wild.

How fast is the chimpanzee?

It can reach about 40 km/h.

Is the chimpanzee endangered?

On the IUCN Red List it is listed as endangered. At high risk of disappearing from the wild.

Got another question? Ask Yaman

Did you know?

  • It pokes a thin stick into a termite mound and eats the termites that climb on.
  • We share about 98 percent of our DNA with it.
  • Every evening it builds a fresh bed of leaves high up in a tree.

How safe is it?

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

Endangered. At high risk of disappearing from the wild.

IUCN Red List

How can you help these animals?

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