PAN TROGLODYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pan troglodytes mean? 

• PAN TROGLODYTES (noun)
  The noun PAN TROGLODYTES has 1 sense:

1. intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

  Familiarity information: PAN TROGLODYTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAN TROGLODYTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes

Hypernyms ("Pan troglodytes" is a kind of...):

great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pan troglodytes"):

Pan troglodytes verus; western chimpanzee (masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species)

eastern chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii (long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees)

central chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes troglodytes (black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees)

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)

Holonyms ("Pan troglodytes" is a member of...):

genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)

 Context examples 

Pan troglodytes, an anthropoid ape that inhabits the tropical rain forests of Africa and is used for experimental purposes because of its susceptibility to some human diseases and in behavioral studies because of its high level of intelligence.

(Chimpanzee, NCI Thesaurus)