Mafuka the Bonobo

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, Netherlands

Mafuka was only a little boy when he was transferred to Artis Zoo on December 31, 1911. He came from the jungles of Belgian Congo and belonged to a group of great apes that scientists would only recognize as a separate species in 1929: the bonobo.

Details

Title: Mafuka the Bonobo
Date Created: 1916
Location Created: Congo-Brazzaville
Type: Natural history specimen
Rights: Naturalis Biodiversity Center / CC-BY 4.0
Wetenschappelijke naam: Pan paniscus
Registratienummer : ZMA.MAM.5958, ZMA.MAM.5958
Meer informatie: http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5958, https://topstukken.naturalis.nl/object/mafuka-de-bonobo
Collectie: Vertebrates

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