Chimpanzee

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Chimpanzees, our closest wild kin, share 99% of our DNA. In West and Central African forests, they use tools, form alliances, and hunt in groups. Led by dominant males, they feed mostly on fruit. Habitat loss, disease and traps have made this intelligent ape Endangered.

Habitat: The Chimpanzee can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central-african-rep, Congo, Dem-rep-congo, Cote-d-ivoire, Eq-guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra-leone, S-sudan, Tanzania, Uganda