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to: navigation, search Common chimpanzee[1] Temporal range:
4–0Ma Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae Tribe: Panini Genus: Pan Species: P.
troglodytes Binomial name Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1776)
distribution of common chimpanzee. 1. Pan troglodytes verus. 2.
P. t. ellioti. 3. P. t. troglodytes. 4. P. t. schweinfurthii.
The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), or robust chimpanzee,
is a species of great ape. The common chimpanzee is often called
the chimpanzee (or "chimp"), though this can be used to refer to
both species in the genus Pan: the common chimpanzee and the
closely related bonobo. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing
show both species of chimpanzees are the closest living
relatives to modern humans.  The common chimpanzee is more
robust than the bonobo, weighing between 40 and 65 kg (88 and
143 lb) and measuring approximately 1.3 to 1