Pan Oken 1816

Pan Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch., ser. 3, 2: xi.

Type Species: Simia troglodytes Blumenbach 1775

Synonyms: Anthropithecus Lesson 1840; Anthropopithecus de Blainville 1838; Bonobo Tratz and Heck 1954; Chimpansee Voigt 1831; Engeco Haeckel 1866; Fsihego de Pauw 1905; Hylanthropus Gloger 1841; Mimetes Anon 1820; Pseudanthropos Reichenbach 1860; Satyrus Mayer 1856; Theranthropus Brookes 1828; Troglodytes É. Geoffroy 1812 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Pan paniscus Schwartz 1929

Species Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach 1775)

Subspecies Pan troglodytes subsp. troglodytes Blumenbach 1775

Subspecies Pan troglodytes subsp. schweinfurthii Giglioli 1872

Subspecies Pan troglodytes subsp. vellerosus Gray 1862

Subspecies Pan troglodytes subsp. verus Schwarz 1934

Discussion: Included with Homo in subtribe Hominina by McKenna and Bell (1997). A subgenus of Homo according to Goodman et al. (1998, 2001 c); Watson et al. (2001) also included it in Homo . In accordance with Opinion 1368 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1985 c), Pan is used instead of Chimpansee . Reviewed by Hill (1969).