Chimpanzee+Period+6


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 * Research:**

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics? Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal primatology.net Bonobo Nigerian Chimpanzee Common Chimpanzee Lemur Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal 2. Where and why is your animal endangered? Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved? Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.
 * Chimpanzees are between 3.5 ft. and 5.5 ft
 * Adult males weigh about 110 lbs. and females weigh about 90 lbs.
 * Covered with long dark hair and doesn't have a tail
 * Has large ears
 * Arms are longer than legs
 * Their toes face sideways and work like
 * They have long hands
 * Like gorillas chimps walk on their knuckles
 * Chimps live mainly in forests, from dry grasslands to humid rain forests
 * Chimps have very similar nervous systems and brains to humans
 * Chimps live in 21 African countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania
 * They spend 50-75% of their time in trees.

4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done? Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population Make sure to name your document with your animal and class period. (ie. redpanda6)

Endangered Species Research and Source Document

Sources: Be sure to include pictures, videos, books, databases, and online sites

http://www.janegoodall.org http://www.chimpanzoo.org/ http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/gombe/default.asp www.lazoo.org http://www.independent.co.uk http://www.oaklandzoo.org http://www.wscsd.org http://www.stlzoo.org www.monkeyworld.org/

Questions:

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) 21 African countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania known as the African Belt. Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal.

2. Where and why is your animal endangered?

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) African Forrests Woodlands Savannahs Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered Logging roads Commercial hunting

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment

3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. Shanghai Zoo Gombe National Park Los Angeles Zoo Bioparca SpA The Jane Goodall Institute is currently working on chimpanzee conservation programs in Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Sierra Leone

4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) All the places listed above are researching chimps.

Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation Jane Goodall Louis Leakey Dr. Anthony Collins

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population Control Bushmeat Hunting


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file:///Users/student/Desktop/chimp6.doc Cormac Mulhall Kitty Sonnenscien


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