Bonobo
Amazing fact
Bonobos have been seen using moss to soak up water from tree trunks.
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Bonobos have been seen using moss to soak up water from tree trunks.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Bonobo
- Scientific name
- Pan paniscus
- Japanese name
- ボノボ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Hominidae
- Genus
- Pan
Like gorillas and chimpanzees it is a great ape, and it lives in just one African country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is more slender than a chimpanzee, and the hair on its head looks neatly parted down the middle.
In its groups, females take the lead, and the groups tend to be fairly peaceful.
How the Bonobo lives
During the day, they search for food in trees and on the ground. In small groups, they often share the food they find. Each evening, they build sleeping nests from leaves and twigs in the forks of trees.
San Diego Zoo Wildlife AllianceBasic data
- Diet
- Leaves, stems, fruit, worms, insects and sometimes small fish
- Range
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Where the Bonobo has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ボノボ
- 简体中文
- 倭黑猩猩
- 繁體中文
- 倭黑猩猩
- 한국어
- 보노보
- Español
- Bonobo
- Français
- Bonobo
- Deutsch
- Bonobo
- Português (Brasil)
- Bonobo
- Italiano
- Bonobo
- हिन्दी
- बोनोबो
- العربية
- بونوبو
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bonobo
- Tiếng Việt
- Tinh tinh lùn
- Русский
- Карликовый шимпанзе
- Türkçe
- Bonobo
- ไทย
- โบโนโบ
- اردو
- بونوبو
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — BonoboChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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