Gorilla Geoffroy 1852 (gorilla)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Synonyms: Gorilla (Pseudogorilla) Elliot 1912, Pseudogorilla Elliot 1912

Parent taxon: Hominidae according to J.G. Fleagle 2013

See also Andrews 1992, Andrews and Cronin 1982, Cameron 1997, Gebo et al. 1997, Groves 1970, Harrison 2010 and Zalmout et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Australopithecinae, Cercopithecina, Danuvius, Dryopithecinae, Hominina, Homininae, Homo troglodytes, Lufengpithecus, Oreopithecus, Pierolapithecus, Ponginae, Preanthropinae, Presbytina, Simiina

Subtaxa: Gorilla beringei Gorilla gorilla

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gorilla in the database

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