The bonobo (Pan paniscus) is similar to the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).
no they are in the same genus though, genus is the first thing (pan)
There are two species of chimpanzees. They are the 'common' chimpanzee Pan troglodytes and the pygmy chimpanzee or bonobo Pan paniscus.
The specific name of the chimpanzee is "troglodytes."Chimpanzees are primates of the genus Pan:Pan troglodytes (common chimpanzee)Pan paniscus (bonobo)
Chimpanzees comprise the genus Pan. The common chimpanzee is Pan troglodytes; the bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee is Pan paniscus.
There are currently three subspecies of chimpanzees: Pan troglodytes troglodytes, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, and Pan troglodytes verus. The bonobo, Pan paniscus, is not a kind of chimpanzee.They are ALL endangered, according to the IUCN Red List for 2008. The most recent estimate of total population size is 172,700 to 299,700 (Butynski 2003)
There are currently three subspecies of chimpanzees: Pan troglodytes troglodytes, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, and Pan troglodytes verus. The bonobo, Pan paniscus, is not a kind of chimpanzee.They are ALL endangered, according to the IUCN Red List for 2008. The most recent estimate of total population size is 172,700 to 299,700 (Butynski 2003)
There are two types of chimpanzees. The common chimpanzee and the bonobo. The common chimpanzee's binomial nomenclature is Pan troglodytes, and the bonobo's is Pan paniscus.
The scientific name of the chimpanzee is ''Pan troglodytes''. The scientific name of the bonobo, another species in the same genus as chimps, is ''Pan paniscus.'' For more information on these two species of ape, please see the Related Links.
It is the scientific name for the Common Chimpanzee, one species of the animal order 'primates'.* Pan is the name of the genus. There are two species within this genus, Pan paniscus (the Bonobo monkey), and pan troglodytes. * troglodytes is Greek for cave-dweller. 'Pan' was coined as the genus name by naturalist Lorenz Oken in 1816.Scientific Classification of the Chimpanzee * Class: Mammalia * Order: Primates * Family: Hominidae * Subfamily: Homininae * Tribe: Hominini * Subtribe: Panina * Genus: Pan * Species: Pan troglodytes For more information, see Related links below this box.
The scientific name is Pan paniscus.
Pan trog-luh-dytes http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Troglodytes