The Collaborative International Dictionary
pygmy chimpanzee
bonobo \bo*no"bo\ (b[-o]*n[=o]"b[=o]), n. an anthropoid ape ( Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes); -- called also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire.
Syn: pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp. [PJC] ||
Wiktionary
pygmy chimpanzee
n. A bonobo, ''Pan paniscus''.
WordNet
pygmy chimpanzee
n. small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species [syn: bonobo, Pan paniscus]
Usage examples of "pygmy chimpanzee".
Our closest living relatives are three surviving species of great ape: the gorilla, the common chimpanzee, and the pygmy chimpanzee (also known as bonobo).
There is a question whether there really is that much of a fossil gap, because the line of man may have diverged from that of the pygmy chimpanzee only five million years ago.