#0531 · 🦊 mammals

Bonobo

Pan paniscus

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

boʊ/; Pan paniscus ), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee , is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan ; the other is Pan troglodytes , or the common chimpanzee. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both species together, it is usually understood as referring to the common chimpanzee, whereas Pan paniscus is usually referred to as...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 112iNaturalist observations
weight 43 kgadult, up to
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
112 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 43 kg.
Scientifically named by Ernst Schwarz in 1929 (97 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.