Pan

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Pan is a genus of great apes that includes chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest living evolutionary relatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsToClade Hominidae
Hominoidea
binomialAbbreviation P.
characteristic highly intelligent
tool use observed in the wild
chromosomeNumber 48
class Mammalia
closestLivingRelativesOf Homo sapiens
commonName chimpanzee genus
chimpanzees and bonobos
conservationConcern threatened by habitat loss
threatened by hunting
containsTaxon Pan paniscus
Pan troglodytes
describedAs genus of great apes
diet omnivorous
estimatedDivergenceFromHomo about 5 to 8 million years ago
family Hominidae
habitat savanna mosaics
tropical forests
woodlands
hasSpecies Pan paniscus
Pan troglodytes
infraorder Primates
surface form: Simiiformes
kingdom Animalia
languageOfScientificName Latin
locomotion arboreal climbing
knuckle-walking
memberOf great apes
namedAfter Pan (Greek god)
nativeTo Africa
order Primates
parvorder Catarrhini
phylum Chordata
reproduction live birth
sharesCommonAncestorWith Homo
socialStructure complex social groups
subfamily Hominidae
surface form: Homininae
suborder Haplorhini
superfamily Hominoidea
taxonRank genus
tribe Panini
usedIn comparative cognition research
evolutionary biology research
genomics research

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