Chimpanzees

1. Chimpanzees Jorge Perez

2. Anatomy • Covered by a thick coat of fur • Long arms and short bodies • Arms are longer than legs • Have no fur on fingers, ears, face, and feet • Bothadultmaleandfemaleshave short whitebeards • Havethesamesenses as humans • Abletograspthingswithbothhandsandfeet

3. Diet • Omnivorous foragers • Generally eat fruit and plants • Also eat insects, small animals, eggs, and meat, including carrion • Have a varied diet • Usually pick fruits with their hands • Most intense eating period is in the late afternoon

4. Classification • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Primates • Family: Pongidae • Genus: Pan • Species: Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus

5. Locomotion • Use allfoursto • Walkon soles offeetandknucklesofhands • Abletowalk up right • Onlywhencarryingsomethingwitharms • Good at climbingtrees • Sleepontrees • Swing frombranchtobranch

6. Communication & Vocalization • Communicate to teach the young ones the skills they need • Communicate about food and mating • Use gestures • Used to indicate needs and emotions • Have cries that warn other chimps of danger • They bark loudly to call others for abundance of food

7. Life Span • live about 60 years in captivity • life span in the wild is about 35-40 years • They live much longer in captivity

8. Habitat • Tropical rain forests • Forests edges and clearings • Woodlands • Swamp forests • Grasslands in Western Africa • Wet savannas

9. Groups of Chimpanzees • Chimpanzee’s live in groups called communities • Range in sizes from of 20-100 chimps • The size of chimp’s territory is from 2-215 miles squared • Males often depend on the support of females • Smaller groups change frequently and combine with other chimps

10. Tool Used • Stems • Branches • Rocks • Twigs • Leaves • These are all used for feeding, drinking, cleaning themselves, or used as weapons

11. Size • Adult males are larger than most females. Female: -Height: 2 - 3.5 feet - Weight: 57 – 110 pounds Male: -3 - 4 feet -90 - 115 Pounds

12. Playing • Young ones play a lot • Learning skills they will use as adults • Practice tools, make sleeping nests, climbing • Food sharing • One does grooming and expects one back • Wrestle

13. Predators • Leopards • Humans • Medical research • Cutting down forests • Illegal meat trade • Throw large sticks and branches at predators

14. Endangered • Chimpanzees are endangered. • 2 Million roamed in African forest. • 1oo,000 to 200,000 remain • Two major threats for survival • Loss of habitat • Illegal trade in bushmeat • May be extinct within 20 years from now

15. Where do they live? • Wild Chimpanzees are only found in Africa • In habit 22 African Countries • From west coast to east coast as east as Tanzania • Today only five of have significant numbers

16. Bibliography • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/chimp/ • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/chimpanzee/ • http://www.outtoafrica.nl/animals/engchimpanzee.html • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111627/chimpanzee/225149/Natural-history • http://www.janegoodall.ca/about-chimps.php

17. Bibliography Cont’d • http://www.iearn.org.au/greatapes/chimpinfo.htm • http://www.chimps-inc.org/page.php?id=aboutchimps