Chimpanzee

scientific name

Pan troglodytes

size/weight/height

Weight: male 90-200 lbs. • female 66-176 lbs.
Height: male 28-33" • female 30-36"

adaptations/coloration

Facial Muscles: help in non-verbal communication
Genitals: swelling pronounced in female in estrus
Intelligence: high
Thumbs: opposable • aid tool use
Vocalization: highly developed • grunts • barks • etc

behavior

Diurnal
Activity: 50% of waking hour spent feeding
Food: males hunt as an organized group; females fish for termites;eat meat rarely
Group: family • generally females • male leaves at adolescence • "fusion-fission" - group together & split apart based on food availability
Prey:monkeys and bush pigs
Tools: use in termite fishing

reproduction/lifespan

Lifespan: wild 30-40 yrs. • captivity 40-50 yrs.
Breeding Season: year-round
Gestation: 8 mo.
Birth: twins rare
Young: weaned 4-5 yrs. • may remain with mom 10+ yrs. (often permanently if female)
Birth Interval: 3+ yrs.

diet

Wild: flowers, fruit, galls, insects, leaves, seeds, seeds & meat (baboons, birds, bush pigs, monkeys, rodents)
Zoo: fruits, greens monkey chow & vegetables

habitat/range

humid forest • deciduous woodland • mixed savanna • West & Central Africa

status

U.S. Endangered • CITES App I • due to habitat loss •SSP • studbook participant • Great Ape TAG

enrichment

raisins, chopped food, etc scattered in straw • magazines • artificial termite mounds on island filled with barbecue sauce, mustard, lemon pie filling, etc

oregon zoo exhibit

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