: an anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of equatorial Africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorilla compare bonobo
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In Tanzania, visitors can see wild chimpanzees, huge lion prides, the incredible mass birthing of wildebeest in late February and early March, and dense concentrations of elephants in the dry season from June to October.—Kent Redding, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025 Texas, the only state where Chagas disease in animals has been a reportable condition, 431 canine cases were reported from 2013–2015 in addition to cases in two cats, one horse, one rat, three chimpanzees and one walrus, per the health agency.—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025 The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 The chimpanzee behavior Goodall saw up close and recorded turned science on its head.—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chimpanzee
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