📸 PhotoPhoto: EdwinAlden.1995 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Bonobo
Pan paniscus (Bonobo · ボノボ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 About two-thirds the size of a human, it serves as an important comparison species for studying human origins and disease.
- 💡 An average male height of 1.19 m is similar to the height of a lower-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 A male's maximum weight of 61 kg is slightly more than three 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Bonobo is a great ape and close cousin of the chimpanzee found only in the central rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is covered in black hair with long cheek hair, and the skin of its face, hands, and feet remains black throughout life. Its limbs—especially the hind legs—are longer than a chimpanzee's, so it walks upright more often.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Fruit makes up the largest share of its diet, supplemented by leaves, roots, flowers, and insects. It mates year-round, and females give birth to a single infant every 4–5 years.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15932/102331567
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000719
- • iucnredlist.org — 102331567
- • wikidata.org — Q19537
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Bonobo at Nsele Valley Park, Kinshasa, DR Congo.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Pan paniscus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.