SPECIES
Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
Chimpanzees use tools and live complex social lives in the forests of central Africa.
A chimpanzee’s forest is full of knowledge passed through experience. Some individuals use everyday plant materials as tools.
What does a chimpanzee eat?
fruit and other forest foods
Where does a chimpanzee live?
central Africa
A tool-using ape
Wild chimpanzees have been observed using sticks to gather termites and leaves to soak up water.
A life in the trees
Wild chimpanzees inhabit tropical forests and neighbouring habitats in central Africa.
Forests make connection possible
Their survival depends on connected forest habitat and the health of the wider forest ecosystem.
Sources
Records of where it has been seen come live from GBIF; observed interactions from GloBI. Draft — not yet reviewed by a person.