Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Gorilla

Description

Gorilla (I. Geoffroy, 1852). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 36:933.

TYPE SPECIES: Troglodytes gorilla Savage and Wyman, 1847.

SYNONYMS: Pseudogorilla.

COMMENTS: A subgenus of Pan according to Tuttle (1967); but see Groves (1989) who stated that they are not closely related.

Notes

Published as part of Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, pp. 243-277 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 276, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353122

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hominidae
Genus
Gorilla
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Primates
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
I. Geoffroy
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Gorilla (Geoffroy, 1852) sec. Groves, 1993

References

  • Tuttle, R. H. 1967. Knuckle-walking and the evolution of hominoid hands. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, n. s., 26: 171 - 206.