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Habitat & Sub-species
The chimpanzee is presently listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN, 2000). The Robust Chimpanzee(Pan troglodytes) is an omnivorous ape found in a variety of wooded habitats across equatorial Africa.
Typically, chimpanzees inhabit evergreen forests, but marginal populations have been shown to exist in deciduous woodland and grassland and savanna habitats, interspersed with gallery forest.


There are four sub-species of the Robust Chimpanzee.
These exhibit mutually exclusive geographical ranges and include:
Western Chimpanzee (Pan t.verus), which is the sub-species most endangered with extinction. 21,000-56,000 individuals
Nigerian Chimpanzee (P.t.vellerosus) 5,000-8,000 individuals
Central African Chimpanzee (P.t.troglodytes) 70,000-117,000 individuals
Eastern Chimpanzee (P.t.shweinfurthii) 76,000-120,000 individuals

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