A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape. an intelligent African animal that is like a large monkey without a tail (chimpenzi). Species (Pan troglodytes) of great ape that inhabits the rain forests and woodland savannas of equatorial Africa, the closest living relative to humans. Chimps are 3-5.5 ft (1-1.7 m) tall when standing upright, weigh 70-130 lbs (32-60 kg), and have a brown or black coat and a bare face. They do most of their feeding in the trees, swinging from branch to branch; to move any distance they walk, usually on all fours, on the ground. They eat mostly fruits, berries, leaves, and seeds, some termites and ants, and occasionally a young baboon or bush pig. They are capable of problem solving, tool use, and deceit. Chimpanzees are highly social and live in flexible groups (15-100 or more members) known as communities. In the wild they live about 45 years, in captivity more than
i., zool. şempanze, anthropopithecus troglodytes
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i., zo·ol. şem·pan·ze, ant·hro·po·pit·he·cus trog·lody·tes