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Gregoire, Congolese chimpanzee, oldest recorded (born 1942)

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Gregoire (chimpanzee)

Africa's oldest chimpanzee

Gregoire was, up until his death, Africa's oldest known chimpanzee. For the last eleven years of his life, he was a resident of the Tchimpounga Sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo. He was observed to have a pair bond relationship with the chimpanzee Clara. Previously he had…
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Chimpanzee

Species of great ape

The chimpanzee, also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close relative the bonobo was more commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this…
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December 17

Day of the year

December 17 is the 351st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 14 days remain until the end of the year.
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