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Taxon: Genus Gorilla Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1852 - gorilla (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates - (Family) Hominidae

Subsequent positions

Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943

Current position

Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2013: 35.

Alternative positions

Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 181.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.

Historical positions

Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2013: 35.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 11.3.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 181.
Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.
Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 276.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1034.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 625.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2s;4ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [2s;4ss]
2005 C.P. Groves [2s;4ss]
1993 C.P. Groves [1s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase [1s]
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024