Although hunting is still a problem, the pygmy chimpanzee is found in the Salonga National Park which is a protected area. Population: View Federal Register Document. This species is protected by law, and international trade is prohibited. ETWP Proposed Endangered Status for Chimpanzee and Pygmy Chimpanzee 54 FR 8152 8157. There are no valid population estimates, but it is known that they no longer occur in much of their historical range. Some are also trapped by snares set for other creatures in the area.
They are also threatened by habitat destruction due to increasing human population. Pygmy chimpanzee populations have declined mainly due to hunting for their meat and body parts which are used in religious rituals and for medicine. Females will mate with any male in the group and give birth to one young after a gestation period of eight months. For foraging and travel, they may split into smaller groups of three to six. They are very intelligent and social creatures, and groups of 150 members have been observed. They have also been observed slapping water up from streams and eating invertebrates and fish. They are also known to eat insects and will occasionally hunt and eat small mammals. Diet consists primarily of fruits, leaves, and pith from stems. They prefer to sleep and eat in the trees, and they spend much more time in the trees than other African apes. Unlike the chimpanzee, which lives in a variety of habitats, the pygmy chimpanzee is found primarily in lowland rainforests. The average height of females is 3.64 feet. Males are much larger than females and their average height is 3.9 feet. Pygmy chimpanzees are knuckle-walkers, although they can walk upright and do so more frequently than chimpanzees.
PYGMY CHIMPANZEE MSR SKIN
The facial skin is darkly pigmented, and the hair is black, usually parted in the middle of the head with bushy sideburns on both sides. Also, the head and ears are noticeably smaller than the chimpanzee, and the hair is longer. Pygmy chimpanzees are similar in appearance to chimpanzees except for their smaller body weight, slender build, and longer limbs. It is closely related to the chimpanzee, and it was only identified as a species in 1933. It is the least known of the great apes because it is only found in a remote rainforest region. Chimpanzees are thus especially suited to teach us about ourselves, both in terms of their similarities and differences with human. The pygmy chimpanzee or bonobo is found in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. zee (Pan troglodytes) and bonobo (Pan paniscus or pygmy chimpan zee) are our closest living evolutionary relatives.
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