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For other uses, see Bonobo (disambiguation). The bonobo (/bÉ.ËnoÊ.boÊ/ or /ËbÉ.nÉ.boÊ/; Pan paniscus), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee.