Quick Facts
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
Best Months to Spot
Most sightings recorded in Jul. Data from GBIF - a global database of verified wildlife observations by researchers and citizen scientists.
Conservation Status
Conservation hubFaces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Bonobos face severe threats from habitat loss due to deforestation and illegal bushmeat hunting. While conservation efforts are ongoing, including community-based initiatives and protected areas, their populations continue to decline. Responsible tourism, by supporting local economies and providing an alternative to bushmeat, can play a vital role in bonobo conservation.
The bonobo, also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee, is the smallest species of great ape and one of the two making up the genus Pan. While bonobos are today recognized as a distinct species, they were initially thought to be a subspecies of Pan troglodytes, because of the physical similarities between the two species. Taxonomically, members of the chimpanzee/bonobo subtribe Panina—composed entirely by the genus Pan—are collectively termed panins.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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