Gorilla 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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Gorillini
Genus: Gorilla
Species: Gorilla gorilla
Subspecies: Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Name

Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847)

Synonyms

• Troglodytes gorilla (protonym, nom. inval., genus preoccupied, non Vieillot, 1809)
  • Troglodytes savagei Owen, 1848 [nomen novum pro Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847]
  • Gorilla gina Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1853 [nomen novum pro Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847]
  • Satyrus adrotes Mayer, 1856 [nomen novum pro Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847]
• Gorilla castaneiceps Slack, 1862
• Gorilla mayema Alix & Bouvier, 1877
  • Pseudogorilla mayema (Alix & Bouvier, 1877) Elliot, 1912
• Gorilla gigas Haeckel, 1903
• Gorilla gorilla matschiei Rothschild, 1905 [same holotype as Gorilla gigas Haeckel, 1903]
• Gorilla jacobi Matschie, 1905
• Gorilla gorilla schwarzi Fritze, 1912
• Gorilla hansmeyeri Matschie, 1914: 325
• Gorilla zenkeri Matschie, 1914: 325
• Gorilla gorilla halli Rothschild, 1927
• Gorilla uellensis Schouteden, 1927
• Gorilla (Pseudogorilla) ellioti Frechkop, 1943

References

Primary references

• Boston Journal of Natural History 5: 417 BHL
• Matschie, P. 1914. Neue Affen aus Mittelafrika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (7): 323–342. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Gorilla 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

català: Goril·la occidental de les planes
Deutsch: Westlicher Flachlandgorilla
English: Western Lowland Gorilla
español: Gorila de las tierras bajas occidentales
français: Gorille des plaines de l'ouest
Hausa: Goggon Biri
हिन्दी: गोरिल्ला
magyar: Nyugati síkvidéki gorilla
한국어: 서부로랜드고릴라
polski: Goryl nizinny
português: Gorila-ocidental-das-terras-baixas
shqip: Gorilla e malit
svenska: Västlig låglandsgorilla
Türkçe: Batı dağ gorili
中文: 西部低地大猩猩

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