Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates Family Pongidae Elliot, 1913 - great apes see Subfamily Ponginae Elliot, 1913 Genus Gorilla Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1852 - gorilla Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) - gorilla