Western Chimpanzee
Reduced to relict populations in places
Common Name: Western chimpanzee; Chimpanzé (Fr); Chimpancé (Sp)
Scientific Name: Pan troglodytes verus
Location: Central and west Africa
Population: Between 21,000 and 55,000
Background
Habitat fragmentation has much reduced the original range of the western chimpanzee, and hunting for bushmeat has impacted populations. Between 21,000 and 55,000 individuals remain, mostly in Guinea and Côte D'Ivoire while only relict populations remain in Mali, Ghana, and Senegal. The subspecies is now extinct in Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Togo.
Habitat
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropical
Range States
Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria
Geographical Location
central and west Africa
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