Western Chimpanzee
The Western chimpanzee (or Pan troglodytes verus) is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee native to the forests of Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast. Along with bonobos, they are the closest living relatives of human beings, sharing more than 98% of our DNA.
They have black hair, brown skin and eyes, long arms, hands and feet, with opposable thumbs that allow for more complex motor functions. While the subspecies is not that visually distinct from the Central and Eastern chimpanzees, the population of Western chimpanzees has been isolated for half a million years and is now genetically distinct.
Chimpanzees are 1m to 1.5m tall when standing. Males are larger and also heavier than females, at 40kg to 70kg compared to 27kg to 50kg.
Pan troglodytes verus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes rain and snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Short Grass | 20% | 100% |
| Sand | 0% | 20% |
| Soil | 10% | 80% |
| Rock | 0% | 40% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 10% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 1
African rainforest group
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 3 or higher, not climbable 6
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 3 m high. A water barrier works too: 6 m wide and 2 m deep. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 9
- Block of Ice Toy · score 50
- Bobbin Toy · score 50 · $100
- Bobbin Drum Toy · score 50 · $100
- Curio Ball Toy · score 150 · $200
- Grab Ball Toy · score 50 · $100
- Mirror Mobile Toy · score 150 · $100
- Musical Keyboard Toy · score 150 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Stuffed Panda - Large Toy · score 100 · $200
Enrichment target: toys 15 + 40 per additional adult; feeders 5 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Leafy Greens and Vegetables + Nutritionally Complete Biscuits
- Food / drink amount
- 3 / 5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $1,221 / $1,733 / $1,733
- Feeders
- Fixed Roller Feeder - Small, Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m, Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m, Fruit Spike Tree, Tool Puzzle Feeder, Forage Box, Natural Termite Mound, Suspended Forager, Block of Frozen Fruit, Melon Feeder, Termite Mound
- Lifespan
- 36–60 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 14 yr / 18 yr / 26 yr / 50 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.67 yr / 4.33 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.3
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- All seasons
- Dominance
- Patriarchal dominance based on age and relations
- Wild population
- 21,000 - 53,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
Chimpanzees are very social animals, living in large groups in the wild. Males are dominant in chimpanzee society, with their age being a primary determining factor in their hierarchy. The males in individual groups are interrelated, while unrelated females migrate in from other groups, and they will all further their social bonding by hunting together and grooming each other. They will even learn skills from one another, such as how to use sticks and rocks as tools.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Pan troglodytes verus
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Biome
- Tropical
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African rainforest group
- Content
- Base game