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chimpanzees are monkeys no, chimpanzees are apes and not monkeys
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoChimpanzees are apes just like humans.
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Are chimpanzees are monkeys?
No. Chimpanzees belong to a totally different primate family from monkeys, called hominidae, or great apes. This category is shared with humans,gorillas,bonobos,and orangutans. The main difference is, monkeys have tails, apes do not.
What has opposable thumbs?
monkeys have oppasable thumbls
Are apes orangutans?
Yes and No, There are two types of Apes, Great Apes and Lesser Apes. Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans, and Bonobos are all Great Apes. Gibbons and Siamangs are Lesser Apes.
What is the difference between chimpanzees and baboons?
i don't know and i don't care! actually i do care :)
Are chimpanzees and monkeys the same thing?
No! Chimpanzees are great apes, along with Bonobos, Gorillas, Orangutans, and Humans. Monkeys are physically quite different from apes--one of the easiest ways to tell a monkey from an ape is that a monkey has a tail. An ape does not.
how did ape/monkeys envolve to humans?
Humans did not evolve from chimpanzees or any of the other great apes that live today.
What do you know about apes?
They are mammals, they are not monkeys but similar. They have no tails, they are pretty smart, there are different species of apes such as gorillas, orangutan's and chimpanzees and some people believe that we evolved from apes and some people don't.
What are the difference between monkeys and apes?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey Generally, monkeys are smaller and have tails. Within apes are 13 species of Hylobatidae, and the great apes (Hominidae) which include orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.
What are monkeys with a tail are called?
Well, if this answers your question, Big 'Monkeys' such as Gorillas and Chimpanzees don't have tails, but they are actually called Apes. Most 'monkeys' who have a tail are called monkeys.
What was the difference between apes and early hominids?
The order of primates includes homo sapiens along with chimpanzees, monkeys, marmosets, etc.
Are monkeys vegetarianns?
No. Mandrills and baboons often consume eggs, small birds, and small mammals. Chimpanzees (technically apes, not monkeys) have been known to hunt smaller primates.
Are monkeys like gorillas?
the correct answer is no because gorillas are like humans and chimpanzees do not grow up like gorillas or else they would be called gorillas when they grow up so the question you are looking for is obviously no.
