Gorilla gorilla

Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♂, Central African Republic

Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♀, Mbeli Bai, northern Congo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Gorillini
Genus: Gorilla
Species: Gorilla gorilla
Subspecies: G. g. diehli – G. g. gorilla

Name

Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847)

Type locality

• Gabon, Gabon Estuary, Mpongwe country

Synonymy

• Troglodytes gorilla (protonym, nom. inval., genus preoccupied, non Vieillot, 1809)
• Gorilla gina I. Geoffroy, 1855

References

• Boston Journal of Natural History 5: 417.
• IUCN: Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) (Critically Endangered)
• Gorilla gorilla in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Westlicher Gorilla
English: Western Gorilla
español: Gorila occidental
magyar: Nyugati gorilla
한국어: 서부고릴라
polski: Goryl zachodni
svenska: Västlig gorilla
ไทย: กอริลลา
Türkçe: Batı gorili

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