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The Pygmy Chimpanzee

Evolutionary Biology and Behavior

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Randall L. Susman

    1. School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Molecular Biology, Systematics, and Morphology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Tervuren Museum and the Pygmy Chimpanzee

      • Dirk F. E. Thys Van Den Audenaerde
      Pages 3-11

    3. Blood Groups of Pygmy and Common Chimpanzees

      • Wladyslaw W. Socha
      Pages 13-41

    4. Pygmy Chimpanzee Systematics

      • Vincent M. Sarich
      Pages 43-48

    5. A Measure of Basicranial Flexion in Pan paniscus, the Pygmy Chimpanzee

      • Jeffrey T. Laitman, Raymond C. Heimbuch
      Pages 49-63

    6. The Dentition of the Pygmy Chimpanzee, Pan paniscus

      • Warren G. Kinzey
      Pages 65-88

    7. An Allometric Perspective on the Morphological and Evolutionary Relationships between Pygmy (Pan Paniscus) and Common (Pan troglodytes) Chimpanzees

      • Brian T. Shea
      Pages 89-130

    8. Body Size and Skeletal Allometry in African Apes

      • William L. Jungers, Randall L. Susman
      Pages 131-177

    9. Body Build and Tissue Composition in Pan paniscus and Pan troglodytes, with Comparisons to Other Hominoids

      • Adrienne L. Zihlman
      Pages 179-200

    10. The Common Ancestor

      • Henry M. McHenry
      Pages 201-230

  3. Behavior of Pan paniscus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Feeding Ecology of the Pygmy Chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) of Wamba

      • Takayoshi Kano, Mbangi Mulavwa
      Pages 233-274

    3. Feeding Ecology of Pan paniscus in the Lomako Forest, Zaire

      • Noel Badrian, Richard K. Malenky
      Pages 275-299

    4. Interaction over Food among Pygmy Chimpanzees

      • Suehisa Kuroda
      Pages 301-324

    5. Social Organization of Pan paniscus in the Lomako Forest, Zaire

      • Alison Badrian, Noel Badrian
      Pages 325-346

    6. Sexual Behavior of Pan paniscus under Natural Conditions in the Lomako Forest, Equateur, Zaire

      • Nancy Thompson-Handler, Richard K. Malenky, Noel Badrian
      Pages 347-368

    7. The Locomotor Behavior of Pan paniscus in the Lomako Forest

      • Randall L. Susman
      Pages 369-393

    8. Pan paniscus and Pan troglodytes

      • E. S. Savage-Rumbaugh
      Pages 395-413

    9. Will the Pygmy Chimpanzee Be Threatened with Extinction as Are the Elephant and the White Rhinoceros in Zaire?

      • Kabongo Ka Mubalamata
      Pages 415-419
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Historical Remarks Bearing on the Discovery of Pan paniscus Whether by accident or by design, it was most fortunate that Robert M. Yerkes, the dean of American primatologists, should have been the first scientist to describe the characteristics of a pygmy chimpanzee, which he acquired in August 1923, when he purchased him and a young female companion from a dealer in New York. The chimpanzees came from somewhere in the eastern region of the Belgian Congo and Yerkes esti­ mated the male's age at about 4 years. He called this young male Prince Chim (and named his female, com­ mon chimpanzee counterpart Panzee) (Fig. I). In his popular book, Almost Human, Yerkes (1925) states that in all his experiences as a student of animal behavior, "I have never met an animal the equal of this young chimp . . . in approach to physical perfection, alertness, adaptability, and agreeableness of disposition" (Yerkes, 1925, p. 244). Moreover, It would not be easy to find two infants more markedly different in bodily traits, temperament, intelligence, vocalization and their varied expressions in action, than Chim and Panzee. Here are just a few points of contrast. His eyes were black and in his dark face lacked contrast and seemed beady, cold, expressionless. Hers were brown, soft, and full of emotional value, chiefly because of their color and the contrast with her light complexion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

    Randall L. Susman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Pygmy Chimpanzee

  • Book Subtitle: Evolutionary Biology and Behavior

  • Editors: Randall L. Susman

  • Series Title: Evolutionary Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0082-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0084-8Published: 29 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0082-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 464

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Archaeology

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