Chimpanzee

Taylor

Habitat

• Rain forests • Lowland• And mountain forests

Description

• They have dark fur • The older they get the darker their hair gets• They weigh 70-130 pounds (32-60)• Their size is 4-5.5 feet (1.2-1.7m)

Diet(food)

• They eat…fruit, leaves, seeds, flowers, honey, insects, eggs, birds, and small mammals.

• They are omnivores

Young(offspring)

• When born the baby chimp weighs about4 pounds

• For the next few years the baby chimp gets a ride on the mom

• Give birth at 11-10 years old

predators

• Humans

How many are left

• Estimated there are about 150,000 left.

Reason it is endangered

• Farmers cutting down their habitat for farm land

Other interesting facts

• The chimpanzee is known as a knuckle walker• A chimp named Ham was the first to orbit

space • We share 98.4% of our D.N.A. with

chimpanzees

Work Cited• http://www.stlzoo.org/animal/abouttheanimalsmammals/leamursmonkeysap

es/chil• http://www.sandiagozoo.org/animalbytes/chimpanzee.html • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/chimpanzee/?

source=A-to-Z• http://www.google.com/imgres?

q=poachers+of+chimps&num=10&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1280&bih=683&tbm=isch&tbnid=xt3c4n0B6q-MkM:&imgrefurl=http://jack.wildlifedirect.org/2008/01/06/illegal-chimpanzee-traffic-through-katanga/&docid=RFpe2A9VmSyN-M&imgurl=http://jack.wildlifedirect.org/files/2008/01/4chimp-for-sale-1996.gif&w=282&h=424&ei=bsqOUMDQGOe62wWVu4C4BA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=199&sig=103861814509293562409&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=82&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:82&tx=72&ty=63&surl=1

• http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Chimpanzee.php