Chimpanzee  (Pan troglodytes)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Bushmeat: the meat derived from wildlife of African forests, or ‘bush’.
  • Natal: site of birth.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. WCMC Species Sheets (March, 2008)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/chimpanz.htm
  3. CITES (July, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Animal Diversity Web (July, 2002)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pan_troglodytes.html
  6. Jane Goodall Institute (July, 2002)
    http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/default.asp
  7. Caldecott, J. and Miles, L. (2005) World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation.University of California Press, California.
  8. Primate Info Net (March, 2008)
    http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/chimpanzee/cons
  9. Bushmeat Working Group (CITES) (March, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/bushmeat.shtml
  10. GRASP (July, 2002)
    http://www.unep.org/grasp/
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