Bonobo

one of two species in the genus Pan, along with the robust chimpanzee
Taxon taxon Q19537
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Summary

Bonobo is a taxon[1]. Bonobo ranks in the top 0.055% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,023 views/month, #107 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pan[5]
  • Taxon name: Pan paniscus[6]
  • Commons category: Pan paniscus[7]
  • Start time: -1500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bonobos[9]
  • Commons gallery: Pan paniscus[10]
  • Short name: P. paniscus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Bonobo[12], Dwarf Chimpazee[13], Gracile Chimpanzee[14], Pygmy Chimpanzee[15], Zwergschimpanse[16], Бонобо[17], szympans karłowaty[18], bonobu[19], pritlikavi šimpanz[20]
  • Different from: Bonobo[21], chimpanzee[22]
  • Mass: 43 kg[23], 33 kg[24]
  • Gestation period: 8 month[25]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Pan_paniscus[26]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[27]

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Identifiers

Bonobo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43578[28]. Bonobo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9597[29]. Bonobo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326448[30]. Bonobo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219533[31]. Bonobo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 573081[32].

Why It Matters

Bonobo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Bonobo is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02485281-n
    Interlingual index id → i48712
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bonobo
    Wikidata description → one of two species in the genus Pan, along with the robust chimpanzee
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bonobo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910835|bonobo (#289910835)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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