bonobo

American  

[buh-noh-boh] / bəˈnoʊ boʊ /

noun

plural

bonobos

1. a small chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, primarily of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having long legs, black face, pink lips, and parted hair on its head: an endangered species.

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bonobo British  

/ ˈbɒnəbəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: pygmy chimpanzee.  an anthropoid ape, Pan paniscus , of central W Africa: similar to the chimpanzee but much smaller and having a black face

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Etymology

Origin of bonobo

First recorded in 1950–55; origin uncertain; probably from a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Example Sentences

By looking at chimps, which along with bonobos are humans' closest living relatives, perhaps we "can help confirm some of the hypotheses about how those really early hominins, or bipedal apes, behaved", Pruetz said.

From Barron's

Male bonobos are able to interpret female fertility signals that do not reliably reflect ovulation.

From Science Daily

By examining how the human brain processes the vocalizations of closely related species, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and macaques, they aimed to identify traits shared with other primates.

From Science Daily

Their focus was on monkeys and apes that evolved in Africa, Europe, and Asia, including chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans.

From Science Daily

Similar cases involving cheetahs from Syria, a gorilla from Haiti, and bonobos from Iraq are among those questioned by CITES.

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