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Pan (chimpanzee)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Pan was named by Oken (1816) [name conserved by the ICZN (opinion 1368)]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gorillinae by Andrews and Cronin (1982); to Gorillini by Andrews (1992); to Homininae by Cameron (1997); to Hominoidea by Zalmout et al. (2010); to Panina by Harrison (2010); and to Hominidae by Fleagle (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Troglodytes Geoffroy p. 87
1816Pan Oken p. 1230
1820Mimetes Leach p. 104
1825Troglodytes Gray p. 338
1828Theranthropus Brookes p. 28
1831Chimpansee Voigt
1839Anthropopithecus de Blainville p. 360
1841Hylanthropus Gloger p. 34
1862Pseudanthropos Reichenbach p. 191
1866Pongo Haeckel
1866Engeco Haeckel p. 275
1905Fsihego De Pauw p. 13
1912Simia (Anthropopithecus) Matschie
1954Bonobo Tratz and Heck p. 97
1982Pan Andrews and Cronin p. 545
1992Pan Andrews p. 644
1997Pan Cameron
2010Pan Harrison
2010Pan Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2
2013Pan Fleagle

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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

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.

G. Pan Oken 1816 [chimpanzee]
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Pan paniscus Schwartz 1929 [bonobo]
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]
Invalid names: Anthropopithecus de Blainville 1839 [synonym], Bonobo Tratz and Heck 1954 [synonym], Chimpansee Voigt 1831 [synonym], Engeco Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Fsihego De Pauw 1905 [synonym], Hylanthropus Gloger 1841 [synonym], Mimetes Leach 1820 [synonym], Pongo Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Pseudanthropos Reichenbach 1862 [synonym], Theranthropus Brookes 1828 [synonym], Troglodytes Geoffroy 1812 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available