Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee
| Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Pan |
| Species: | P. troglodytes |
| Subspecies: | P. t. ellioti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Pan troglodytes ellioti | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pan troglodytes vellerosus | |
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee which inhabits the rainforests along the border of Nigeria and Cameroon. Male Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees can weigh as much as 70 kilos with a body length of up to 1.2 metres and a height of 1.6 metres. Females are significantly smaller.[2]
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee is recognised as the most threatened and least distributed of all the common chimpanzee subspecies, and without a dramatic change to human behaviour in the area, there is a likelihood of extinction in the coming decades.[3] A June 2008 report said the Edumanom Forest Reserve was the last known site for chimpanzees in the Niger Delta.[4]
References
- ↑ Oates, J.F.; Dunn, A.; Greengrass, E. & Morgan, B.J. (2008). "Pan troglodytes ssp. ellioti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ Hof, Jutta; Sommer, Volker: Apes Like Us: Portraits of a Kinship, Edition Panorama , Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-89823-435-1, p. 114.
- ↑ "Chimpanzee Conservation - Cameroon". africanconservation.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ "Nigeria biodiversity and tropical forestry assessment" (PDF). USAID. June 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
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