释义 |
bonobo|ˈbɒnəʊbəʊ| [Native name for the animal.] The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, found south of the Congo river.
1954Zool. Record xviii. 101/2 (summary of German paper) Generic separation of P[an] t[roglodytes] paniscus as Bonobo not justified. 1962Internat. Zoo Yearbk. IV. 77/1 The bonobo comes exclusively from south of the great curve of the Congo. 1966R. & D. Morris Men & Apes viii. 255 The strange bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee..was originally described in 1929 as a small, black-faced race of the common chimpanzee. |