Pan troglodytes

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Pan troglodytes - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forestschimp, chimpanzeegreat ape, pongid - any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidaegenus Pan, Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongidsPan troglodytes verus, western chimpanzee - masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct specieseastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii - long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzeescentral chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes - black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzeesbonobo, Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee - small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species