masked chimpanzee

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Also known as: Pan troglodytes verus, West African chimpanzee, common chimpanzee

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  • masked chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus)
    In chimpanzee: Taxonomy

    …Europe; the West African, or masked, chimpanzee (P. troglodytes verus), known as the common chimpanzee in Great Britain; the East African, or long-haired, chimpanzee (P. troglodytes schweinfurthii); and the Nigerian-Cameroon chimpanzee (P. troglodytes ellioti, which was formerly classified as P. troglodytes vellerosus).

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