Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyHominidae (Great Apes)
- GenusPan
- SpeciesPan troglodytes (Chimpanzee)
The chimpanzee (; Pan troglodytes), commonly abbreviated to chimp, is a medium-sized great ape species found in the forests and savannas of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. The chimpanzee shares the genus Pan with the bonobo. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that the two species are humans' closest living relatives. The chimpanzee is bigger and more robust than the bonobo. It is covered in coarse black hair but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Chimpanzee sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park
Eastern Gorilla
Gorilla beringei
Blue Monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
L'Hoest's Guenon
Allochrocebus lhoesti
Mantled Guereza
Colobus guereza
Olive Baboon
Papio anubis
Red-tailed Monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Tantalus Monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
Spectacled Lesser Galago
Galago matschiei
Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Angola Colobus
Colobus angolensis
Demidoff's Dwarf Galago
Galagoides demidoff
Thomas's Dwarf Galago
Galagoides thomasi
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chimpanzee in Virunga National Park?
About 7% of wildlife watchers report a Chimpanzee sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Chimpanzee in Virunga National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Chimpanzee in Virunga National Park in our monthly data.