Species
Chimpanzee
Structured, multi-phase calls layered over rapid gestural communication — the species where temporal sequence carries the most meaning.
Wild species
- • Never approach wild chimpanzees. Maintain the distance required by the local research or park protocol, typically 7–10 metres minimum.
- • Do not eat in view of chimpanzees and never offer food.
- • Chimpanzees are far stronger than humans and disease transmission runs in both directions. Masks are required at most field sites.
Acoustic profile
What a recording device must capture.
Fundamental frequency
120–2500 Hz
Meaningful spectrum
60 Hz – 12.0 kHz
Recommended sample rate
44.1 kHz
Individual profiles
Supported
Capture note
Pant-hoots have a distinctive four-phase temporal structure; the build-up and climax phases matter more than absolute pitch, so recordings must not be trimmed.
Signature signals
What an experienced observer looks for in this species.
Pant-hoot
audioFour-phase long call: introduction, build-up, climax, let-down.
Piloerection with bipedal swagger
videoCharging display; arousal, not necessarily attack.
Directed gesture
videoArm extension toward a specific recipient.
Behaviours
Categories the engine may report — and the ones it must never report for this species.
Supported
Excluded for this species
Excluded categories are removed before ranking, so they can never win on a superficial signal match.
Taxonomy
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Hominidae
- genus
- Pan
- species
- Pan troglodytes
Body-language channels
Only these are weighed for this species.
Limitations
- • Pant-hoot function depends on party composition and travel state, which a single clip rarely captures.
- • Individual identification requires familiarity with the community and is not attempted automatically.
Species adapter
Adapter
primate-adapter@0.1.0
Provenance
Shared primate adapter; priors from published Pan troglodytes pant-hoot and display literature.