Topic summary
Western chimpanzee
The western chimpanzee or West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) is a critically endangeredsubspecies of the common chimpanzee. It inhabits western Africa, specifically Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, but has been extirpated in three countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, and Togo.