Bili Apes

The Bili apes are chimpanzees living in the Bili forest.

Description
The Bili Apes are larger than other chimpanzees. Some of them have sagittal crests like those of gorillas. They also often nest on the ground like gorillas. However, their anatomy is far more like ordinary chimpanzees than like gorillas. Their mitochondrial DNA is typical Pan troglodytes.

Speculations
Until recently, the Bili Apes were considered to be the subject of cryptozoology. It was speculated that they were chimpanzee/gorilla hybrids, although no such hybrids have been found (and would most likely not even survive early fetal development due to the physiological differences).