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Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia satyrus Linnaeus p. 25
1775Simia troglodytes Blumenbach p. 37
1779Simia troglodytes Blumenbach
1816Pan africanus Oken p. 1231
1853Pithecus satyrus Owen p. 759
1911Anthropopithecus satyrus Thomas p. 125
1929Pan satyrus Schwartz
1933Pan satyrus Coolidge, Jr. p. 55
1985Pan troglodytes International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 365
1996Pan troglodytes Jones et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHomininaeGray 1825
tribeHomininiGray 1825
subtribePaninaDelson 1977
genusPanOken 1816
speciestroglodytes(Blumenbach 1775)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pan troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [chimpanzee]
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Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii Giglioli 1872 [eastern chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Simia (Anthropopithecus) cottoni Matschie 1912 [synonym]
Pan troglodytes troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [central chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Anthropopithecus ellioti Matschie 1914 [synonym], Troglodytes niger Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Troglodytes vellerosus Gray 1862 [synonym]
Pithecus satyrus wurmbii Tiedemann 1808
Invalid names: Pan africanus Oken 1816 [synonym], Pan satyrus Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
Pan troglodytes verus Schwarz 1934 [western chimpanzee]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available