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Pan troglodytes. Chimpanzees are great apes (not monkeys) who are native to the continent of Africa. If you ever wonder if you are looking at an ape or a monkey, look for a tail. Monkeys have tails, apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and humans âdo not.
There are two extant families: Hominidae, the great apes; and Hylobatidae, the gibbons, or lesser apes.