bonobo /(bō̇*nō"bō)/

bo·no·bo

bonobo

n.
  1. An anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire. Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less than 2% in nucleotide sequence.