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Gorilla beringei (mountain gorilla)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Gorilla beringei was named by Matschie (1903). It is extant. Its type specimen is Kirunga ya Sabinyo, a skull.

It was recombined as Gorilla gorilla beringei by Groves (1970).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Gorilla beringei Matschie p. 257
1917Gorilla beringei mikenensis Lönnberg p. 7
1970Gorilla gorilla beringei Groves p. 300
2018Gorilla beringei Burgin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
genusGorillaGeoffroy 1852
speciesberingeiMatschie 1903

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gorilla beringei Matschie 1903 [mountain gorilla]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available