The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee found in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. Adults in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms, with males reaching about 145 centimetres in height, and the body is covered in coarse black hair except for the face, fingers, toes and palms. Eastern chimpanzees live in communities of 20 to more than 150 members that spend most of their time in small travelling parties, walk on their knuckles, sleep in nests in trees and forage on the ground. They are omnivorous, eating fruit, seeds, leaves, insects such as termites and small mammals, and they use twigs as tools. The subspecies was studied extensively by Jane Goodall at Gombe Stream National Park. The 2007 IUCN Red List classed it as endangered because of hunting, habitat loss and disease.
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Classification
Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Hominidae (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pan troglodytes (Animal Diversity Web)
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Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
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1. Eastern chimpanzee (Wikipedia)
Threats and conservation
The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered.
Diet
Chimpanzees are omnivorous and eat seeds, fruits, honey, leaves, bark, fungi
Habitat
The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground
Threats and conservation, living or extinct
This subspecies has been extensively studied by Dr. Jane Goodall at Gombe Stream National Park.
Threats and conservation, population trend
recent declines in East Africa are expected to continue
Threats and conservation, threats
recent declines in East Africa are expected to continue due to hunting and loss of habitat
Threats and conservation, relationship to people
due to hunting and loss of habitat
Physical description
Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms
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It is native to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pan troglodytes (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyAccount of the common chimpanzee, behavior
Chimpanzees are social, diurnal animals.
Account of the common chimpanzee, conservation status
listed as an Appendix I species by CITES
In Ecosystem: Forest, Habitat
Although they are typically thought of as living in tropical rainforests, they are also found in forest-savanna mosaic environments
View the Source 3. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Pan troglodytes
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of LiverpoolAnAge entry for Pan troglodytes, maximum longevityQuote, AnAge entry for Pan troglodytes, maximum longevity
68 years (captivity)
Hominidae (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Lead, family HominidaeQuote, Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Lead, family Hominidae
Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo)
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