Listen to the chimpanzee
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About the chimpanzee
The chimpanzee is a mammal in the family Hominidae (order Primates). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “endangered”.
What does the chimpanzee sound like?
Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins. Most are made in the larynx, shaped by the throat, mouth and nose, and used for contact, warning, courtship and – in some species – echolocation.
From Wikipedia
The chimpanzee (; Pan troglodytes), commonly abbreviated to chimp, is a medium-sized great ape species found in the forests and savannas of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. The chimpanzee shares the genus Pan with the bonobo. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that the two species are humans' closest living relatives. The chimpanzee is bigger and more robust than the bonobo. It is covered in coarse black hair but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.
More from the family Hominidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a chimpanzee sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the chimpanzee on this page. Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins.
Is the chimpanzee endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the chimpanzee as “endangered”.
What family does the chimpanzee belong to?
The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) belongs to the family Hominidae in the order Primates.
Sources & credits
- Chimpanzee-Alarm-Call-Production-Meets-Key-Criteria-for-Intentionality-pone.0076674.s005 by Schel A, Townsend S, Machanda Z, Zuberbuhler K, Slocombe K – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4126704 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Chimpanzee – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Giles Laurent – CC BY-SA 4.0