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==Distribution and habitat== There are two species of the genus ''Pan'', both previously called simply chimpanzees: # [[Chimpanzee]]s or ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'', are found almost exclusively in the heavily forested regions of Central and West Africa. With at least four commonly accepted subspecies, their population and distribution is much more extensive than the bonobos, in the past also called 'pygmy chimpanzee'. # Bonobos, ''[[Pan paniscus]]'', are found only in Central Africa, south of the [[Congo River]] and north of the [[Kasai River]] (a tributary of the Congo),<ref name=ancestor>{{cite book |last=Dawkins |first=R. |author-link=Richard Dawkins |title=The Ancestor's Tale |year=2004 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |chapter=Chimpanzees |isbn=978-1-155-16265-2}}</ref> in the [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests|humid forest]] of the [[Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]] of Central Africa. {{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Pan (genus)|Pan]] |authority-name=[[Lorenz Oken|Oken]] |authority-year=1816 |species-count=two}} {{Species table/row |name=[[Bonobo]] |binomial=P. paniscus |image=File:Apeldoorn_Apenheul_zoo_Bonobo.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Black bonobo |authority-name=[[Ernst Schwarz (zoologist)|Schwarz]] |authority-year=1929 |range=Central Africa |range-image=File:Bonobo_distribution.svg |range-image-size=180px |size={{convert|70|β|83|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long<ref name="AfricanMammals97"/> |habitat=Forest<ref name="IUCNBonobo"/> |hunting=Fruits and seeds, as well as leaves, stems, shoots, pith, bark, flowers, [[truffle]]s, fungus, and honey<ref name="IUCNBonobo"/> |iucn-status=EN |population=Unknown |direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="IUCNBonobo"/> }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Chimpanzee]] |binomial=P. troglodytes |image=File:Common_chimpanzee_(Pan_troglodytes_schweinfurthii)_feeding.jpg |image-size=150px |image-alt=Black chimpanzee |authority-name=[[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach|Blumenbach]] |authority-year=1775 |authority-not-original=yes |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on | ''P. t. ellioti'' ([[Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee]]) | ''P. t. schweinfurthii'' ([[Eastern chimpanzee]]) | ''P. t. troglodytes'' ([[Central chimpanzee]]) | ''P. t. verus'' ([[Western chimpanzee]]) }} |range=Central and western Africa |range-image=File:Pan_troglodytes_area.png |range-image-size=180px |size={{convert|63|β|90|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long<ref name="AfricanMammals95"/> |habitat=Forest and savanna<ref name="IUCNChimpanzee"/> |hunting=Fruit, leaves, stems, buds, bark, pith, seeds, and [[resin]]s, as well as insects, small vertebrates, and eggs<ref name="ADWChimpanzee"/> |iucn-status=EN |population=Unknown |direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="IUCNChimpanzee"/> }} {{Species table/end}}
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