Common Chimpanzee



Scientific Name: Pan troglodytes

Common Name(s): Chimpanzee
Chimp

Status: Endangered

Estimated Population: 172,700-299,700

Population Trend: Decreasing

Threats:                         Habitat destruction and degradation; poaching for meat, pet trade, medicinal
                                     purposes; farmers, for crop protection; disease.

Range:                           Chimpanzees occur solely in Africa: Angola; Burkina Faso; Burundi;
                                     Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic
                                     Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea;
                                     Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania, United
                                     Republic of; Uganda.

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