Homo paniscus

Translingual

Etymology

A reassignment of Pan paniscus into the genus Homo based on the idea that bonobos share essentially human qualities.

Proper noun

Homo paniscus m

1. (neologism) An alternative name for Pan paniscus, bonobo.
   • 2013, Jim E Murphy, Confessions of a ChimpManZee, Portraits of Earth Press

     There were now three known species of humans on the planet: Homo sapiens, Homo troglodytes, and Homo paniscus.

   • 2014, Russell H. Tuttle, Apes and Human Evolution (in English), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 27:

     Their scheme mirrors that of Diamond, who proposed that, as a third chimpanzee, Homo sapiens is congeneric with Homo troglodytes and Homo paniscus.

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe; Homo – genus

Further reading

• bonobo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia