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Bonobo

Bonobo (/bəˈnoʊboʊ, ˈbɒnəboʊ/; Pan paniscus), also historically called pygmy

Bonobo Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Holocene
Male at Apenheul Primate Park
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Tribe:	Hominini
Genus:	Pan
Species:	P. paniscus
Binomial name
Pan paniscus Schwarz, 1929
Bonobo distribution

chimpanzee, is a species member of the great ape family, Hominidae, and the genus Pan. Despite resemblance to its close relative, chimpanzee, it has physical traits that made them differentiated as its own completely separate species, such as being a more gracile, or slender, leaner, and darker than chimpanzees; it can also be distinguished by their black faces, red lips, a tail tuft, two or three webbed toes, and parted long hair.

Its locomotion patterns mainly consisted of quadrupedal knuckle walking, modified brachiation, and to some extents of bipedalism. Furthermore, its population is estimated to be only 15,000 to 20,000 remained. It is currently classified as an endangered species in the IUCN red list, due to common pouching and civil unrest and economic barriers within the Democratic Republic of Congo affecting the bonobo's natural habitat, and population.

Bonobos are considered to be the closest living relative to humans (i.e. Homo sapiens), as they shared 98.7% of their genetic makeup and also shared a last common ancestor. It is also currently the last great apes to be scientifically discovered as of November 2024.

Habitat

Bonobos can be only founded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in forests south of the Congo River, extending from the Lualaba River in the east to the Kasai river in the south and as far as the Congo River in the west and around Lake Tumba.