Chimpanzee Facts

Kingdom=Anamalia Phylum=ChordataClass=Mammalia

Order=Primates Family=Hominidae Genus=Pan

Species= Pan Troglodytes Scientific Name= Pantroglodytes

Average Life Span=45 years old

Average size=1.7 meters Average weight=70 kg

Chimpanzee description

Chimpanzees are very hairy, posses long arms, and are

very similar to humans possesing 99% of the same DNA

humans have. Chimps walk on all fours and occaisanally

on their two feet. Chimpanzees have a thick dark fur coat

that is usually is infested with ticks.

Special adaptations to survive in an chimpanzees habitat

•During night they make nests about 9-12 meters in trees

•Males hunt cooperatively for baby monkeys and bush pigs

•They also can be taught sign language

•Some chimps have been seen using twigs to extract termites from their

den

•Some chimps use wood and stone tools to open their nuts

Chimps habitat

•Chimps have been found in 21 African nations

•Only 10 African countries have more than 1,000 chimpanzees

residing there (from buzzle.com)

•Chimps are on the endangered species list and are

threatened to extinction due to poachers

•Chimps are mainly found in rainforests and savannahs in

Africa.

Diet

•Chimps are omnivores eating both meat and vegetables

•Chimps eat mainly fruit but also leaves flowers bark and honey for

the herbivore part of the diet

•Chimps eat baby monkeys, bush pigs, termites, and birds for the

carnivore part of the diet

•Termites are 5% of the chimpanzee diet

•Females spent twice the amount of time of eating insects than

males do.

Predators

•Chimps main predators are leopards and humans

•Some ways humans are predators are that they cut down parts of the

forest, poach them for their hide, and keep them as pets

•Leopards tend to attack chimp babies during night time to not wake up the

group they are in

Chimpanzee Groups

•Chimpanzees live, hunt, and sleep together throughout there lives

• 40 to 60 chimps usually live together along with 6 to 7 chimps in a

smaller group

•These groups are called a tribe

•Chimps spend a lot of time grooming each other

•Chimps communicate together vocally, with gestures, and facial

expressions

Chimpanzee behavior

•Some chimps will kill recklessly only eating half of their prey

•Chimps tend to fallow how their parents acted

•Chimps usually live in Rain Forests and in the Savannah to

escape the cold weather

•Chimps hunt in groups to help with a kill and to get more food

fast

The names of male and female species

•Chimps do not have different names

Interactions with humans

•Recently there has been an attack on a 55yr. Women in

Connecticut that was visiting her friend that owned a chimps

•Chimps are usually the main attraction at Zoos

•Chimps can sometimes be pets to owners although they are wild

animals

Endangered chimp species

•Chimps are endangered due to humans cutting down forests and

poached

•Leopards stalk and eat them

Other interesting Facts

• Chimps are the only types of monkeys that don’t have tail

• They have opposable thumbs and toes that help them grasp things

• a male chimps never leave their community they were born onto