Closely related to humans, chimpanzees are highly intelligent and have expressive facial features. Their short-haired coats are brownish to black and they have bare faces. Their skin colour varies from pinkish to black on their ears, palms and soles of their feet. They communicate through facial posturing using their prominent eyebrows and lips, and through a range of loud and often complex calling sounds.

Chimpanzees share about 98 per cent of human genes and are our closest relative in the animal kingdom.

On the Conservation status (IUCN Red List) the chimpanzee is listed as Endangered. They are threatened by habitat loss due to mining, forestry and agricultural development, hunting for bushmeat and exposure to disease brought into their natural habitat by humans.

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Spirit of the Wild
Elephants
Red Pandas
Lions