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Pan troglodytes
Order: Primates > Family: Hominidae > Genus: Pan > Species: Pan troglodytes
Type Description
De generis humani varietate nativa, p. 37
Type Locality
Gabon, Mayoumba.
Measurements
Total length: 1000-1700 mm
Head and body: 635-940 mm
Weight: 45-80 kg
Head and body: 635-940 mm
Weight: 45-80 kg
Description
The only other primate in Tanzania (besides Homo sapiens) with no evident tail, the chimp is found in the western part of the country in forested areas near Lake Tanganyika.
Distribution
Found throughout the forest zones which include rainforests, savanna woodlands, and lowland and montane forests, thickets and riverine forest strips up to 2,750 m, Pan troglodytes has a scattered and fragmented distribution from Senegal across to the north part of the Congo River to west Uganda and Tanzania. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:126-138.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p.
10-12.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:613-615, 622-626.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p.
10-12.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:613-615, 622-626.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.