Pan
genus of mammals, includes 2 species: common chimpanzee and bonobo
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Summary
Pan is a taxon[1]. Pan ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,283 views/month, #1,173 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Panina[4], Hominidae[5], Hominina[6]
- Taxon name: Pan[7]
- Commons category: Pan (genus)[8]
- Taxonomic type: chimpanzee[9]
- Has part(s): brain[10]
- Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.): Troglodytes Geoffroy, 1812[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chimpanzees[12]
- Commons gallery: Pan (genus)[13]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[16]
- Has characteristic: self-awareness[17]
- Different from: chimpanzee[18]
- Uses: signal language[19], metaphor[20], Yerkish[21], physical object[22], self-awareness[23], club[24], nest[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[27]
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Identifiers
Pan's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43576[28]. Pan's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9596[29]. Pan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42004[30]. Pan's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436437[31]. Pan's ITIS TSN is recorded as 572838[32].
Why It Matters
Pan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Pan is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]