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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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BonoboEducational resources on BonoboBonobo or Pan paniscus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A2cd. IUCN Profile of the Bonobo Bonobo Society An overview of the social structure of the Bonobo. www.unl.edu/rhames/bonobo/bonobo.htm Primate Factsheets: Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Taxonomy, Morphology ... Life span: 40 years (captive) Total population: 50,000-100,000 Regions: Democratic Republic of Congo Gestation: 8 months (240 days) Height: 730 to 880 mm (M), 700 to 760 mm (F) pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/bonobo Bonobo : Frans de Waal and Frans Lanting This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/7015.php Bonobo Mating Basic Mating Facts. Bonobos are a highly sexual species; females usually mature around ten years old, while males usually mature a little sooner (The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/laird/Mating.htm BONOBO Habitat & Diet Bonobos are found mainly in Central Zaire, but are also found in national parks in the Congo (The Bonobo Initiative, 2003). They are found in dry, primary and secondary www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Bryant/Habitat.html Bonobo Habitat Characteristics. Bonobos look like a small common chimpanzee which is how their nickname "the pygmy chimp" developed (de Waal 2001). One of the main differences in the www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/laird/Basic%20Facts%20and%20... Bonobo Social Spacing Fission-Fusion Society. Bonobos live in a classic fission-fusion society. Basically this means that bonobos live in large communities and travel in smaller parties during the www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/laird/Social%20Organization.htm Primate Factsheets: Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Behavior SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR. Bonobos live in fission-fusion social groups where a large community of individuals separate into smaller groups, or parties, of variable size and pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/bonobo/behav BONOBO SEX AND SOCIETY , By: de Waal, Frans B BONOBO SEX AND SOCIETY , By: de Waal, Frans B.M., Scientific American, 00368733, Mar95, Vol. 272, Issue 3 . BONOBO SEX AND SOCIETY . The behavior of a close relative challenges primate.uchicago.edu/DeWaalSciAm.doc Bonobo Summary Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are found only in a small area in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They have multiple forms of movement, including bi-pediality www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/laird/Summary.htm
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