{"id":18495,"date":"2022-07-14T11:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=64311"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T10:12:10","slug":"wild-chimpanzee-mother-and-baby-photographed-for-first-time-in-cameroon-national-park","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/wild-chimpanzee-mother-and-baby-photographed-for-first-time-in-cameroon-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild chimpanzee mother and baby photographed for first time in Cameroon national park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Paul McGuinness\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Wildlife-monitoring camera-traps have produced the first-ever photograph of chimpanzees<\/a> inside Cameroon\u2019s Douala-Edea National Park. And the picture doesn\u2019t just show a single chimp \u2013 this photo reveals a mother carrying her baby, which proves that these amazing apes are breeding in the park.<\/p>\n

The picture comes from camera traps installed by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the international scientific, conservation and educational charity who have projects currently running in more than 50 countries. The team will now install more camera traps in Douala-Edea National Park in the hope of learning and understanding more about the cimpanzees \u2013 and other wildlife \u2013 that call the park home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The chimpanzees were snapped by camera traps in Douala-Edea National Park, Cameroon. \u00a9 ZSL<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives, sharing 98% of our genetic DNA. Chimpanzees (Pan<\/em>\u00a0troglodytes<\/em>) and bonobos<\/a> (Pan<\/em>\u00a0paniscus<\/em>),<\/em> are the only two species in the genus\u00a0Pan<\/em> \u2013 evolutionary biologists believe that humans, chimps and bonobos shared a common ancestor around 7 million years ago.<\/p>

There are four confirmed subspecies of chimpanzee. The pair photographed here are Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti<\/i>), and this subspecies is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The are at risk of extinction in the wild due to hunting and ongoing habitat loss from illegal timber exploitation, loss of land for farming, and bush fires thought to be exacerbated by climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

The other subspecies are Central chimpanzee (P. troglodytes troglodytes<\/i>), Western chimpanzee (P. troglodytes verus<\/i>) and Eastern chimpanzee (P. troglodytes schweinfurthii<\/i>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ZSL have been working alongside local experts across the Douala-Ed\u00e9a and Lake Ossa Wildlife Reserves in Cameroon since 2014. Together with the <\/span>Ministry of Forests and Wildlife (MINFOF)<\/span>, local NGOs and communities, ZSL help to protect species living in the forests and along the coast from over exportation and hunting through sustainable community-based initiatives, livelihood support, regular wildlife surveys, ranger support in Protected Areas and habitat restoration.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Find out more about ZSL\u2019s presence and work in Cameroon<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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