Common Chimpanzee
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Pan
Pan troglodytes
The Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is a great ape. Colloquially, it is often called the chimpanzee (or simply "chimp"), though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the Common… More »
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Comprehensive information about the size, population, life span, habitat, and diet of this intelligent animal. ... Habitat destruction is the greatest threat of the chimpanzee. Large population decreases are also blamed on hunting and commercial exportation.
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Young chimpanzees stay with their mother for about 7 years. POPULATION COUNTS; Chimpanzee populations are decreasing; they are threatened with extinction. Population numbers are disputed. Estimates range from 100,000 to 200,000. JANE GOODALL;
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; Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region ; Jeremy Hance mongabay.com ; May 06, 2009;; ... In the 1960s it was estimated that chimpanzee population in Cote d’Ivoire was 100,000 individuals. Related articles; Wildlife trade creating “empty forest syndrome” across the globe; (01/19/2009)
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Dr Jane Goodall Warns Against "Tragedy" Of Losing Man's Closest Relative As World Chimpanzee Population Plummets ... The new publication, West African Chimpanzees: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan focuses on the western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) which has an estimated population of 38,000.
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CONOR DUFFY: How is the world's chimpanzee population at the moment? JANE GOODALL: Pretty grim when you think it was two million a hundred years ago approximately, about a million when I began in 1960. Only about 125,000 now, which is nothing really spread over 21 countries.
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Position Description: Post-Doctoral Associate, Chimpanzee Population Genetics; A post-doctoral associate to be based in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Albany-State University of New York is sought to work on the genetic history of chimpanzees.
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Animals A-Z: Chimpanzee ... Chimpanzee Information ... Wild Chimpanzee Foundation...
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To address these questions, we assayed MHC class I diversity in a West African chimpanzee population and in some animals from other subspecies of chimpanzee. Application of different techniques allowed the detection of 17 full-length Patr-A, 19 Patr-B, and 10 Patr-C alleles.
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