Mitumba chimpanzee community

The Mitumba chimpanzee community is a group of wild

This family group originates from the Kasekela community which was part of the pioneering study by primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, and the family line continues with Flossi's integration into the Mitumba community in 1996.^[6] Her younger sister Flirt later integrated into the Mitumba community in 2013.^[6]

Flossi

Flossi (born February 8, 1985^[4]) is in the Kasekela community and is Fifi's second oldest daughter. Flossi has given birth to four offspring, the males Forest (1997–) and Fansi (2001–) and females Flower (2005–) and Falidi (2009–).^[4] As of 2010^[update], she was one of the two highest-ranking females in the community.^[2] Although males are perceived as the more aggressive sex in chimpanzees, studies at Gombe have revealed there is substantial aggressive interactions among females with each other.^[7] One of two contexts for female-female aggressive encounters in Gombe is the immigration of females into new communities upon reaching sexual maturity.^[7] Although Flossi successfully integrated into the Mitumba community, she has shown to be unwelcoming to new female arrivals, as in the case of Kasekela female, Schweini, who attempted to join Mitumba in 2004, only to experience brutal attacks by high-ranking Flossi and the other resident females.^[7]

Edgar

Edgar (born 1989) joined with Rudi to kill Vincent (who was the alpha male of the Mitumba community and the only male to survive the 2004 epidemic). Edgar and Rudi battled with each other for alpha status; Edgar won in early 2005. Edgar has since then been the "alpha male," although there are only two males. He had a younger brother, Eboney, who may have been killed by Rudi during the struggle for alpha status, and a younger sister named Eden.

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