Ranging behavior has been studied extensively in eastern ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and western ( P. t. verus ) chimpanzees, but relatively little is known regarding home ranges of the other two subspecies ( P. t. ellioti; P. t. troglodytes ). In this study, we determined the home range size and space use of a habituated community (Rekambo) of central chimpanzees living in a habitat mosaic in Loango National Park, Gabon...

Intercommunity competition in chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) has been widely studied in eastern ( P. t. schweinfurthii ) and western ( P. t. verus ) communities. Both subspecies show hostility towards neighboring communities but differ in rates of lethal attacks and female involvement. However, relatively little is known about the territorial behavior of the two other subspecies, central ( P. t. troglodytes ) and Nigeria-Came...

The predation and consumption of animals are common behaviours in chimpanzees across tropical Africa. To date, however, relatively little is known concerning the hunting behaviour of central chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes troglodytes ). Here, we provide the first direct observations of hunting behaviour by individuals of the newly habituated Rekambo community in the Loango National Park, Gabon. Over a period of 23 months (May 2...

The use of tools, long thought to be uniquely human, has now been observed in other animal taxa including several species of birds, non-primate mammals as well as some non-human primate species. Chimpanzees, one of humankind’s closest living relatives, exceed all other non-human animal species as they have been reported to use an exceptionally large toolkit. However, relatively little is known about the tool-use skills of the...