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Gorilla beringei beringei  Matschie, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 945352

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Gorilla beringeri Matschie, 1903
  
    Gorilla beringei mikenensis Lönnberg, 1917
  
  Common Name(s): Mountain Gorilla [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyHominoidea Gray, 1825  
                                           FamilyHominidae Gray, 1825 – man-like primates, Great Apes  
                                              SubfamilyHomininae Gray, 1825 – African apes  
                                                 GenusGorilla I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1852 – gorillas  
                                                    SpeciesGorilla beringei Matschie, 1903 – Eastern Gorilla  
                                                       SubspeciesGorilla beringei beringei Matschie, 1903 – Mountain Gorilla  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Gorilla beringei beringei    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Butynski, Thomas M., and Yvonne A. de Jong / Mittermeier, Russell A. and Anthony B. Rylands, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Primates of East Africa Pocket Identification Guide, 2nd edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Tropical Pocket Guide Series   
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  Publisher: Modern Lithographic (K) Ltd.   
  Publication Place: Nairobi, Kenya   
  ISBN/ISSN: 979-8-9878429-28   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gorilla beringei beringei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gorilla beringei beringei, Mountain Gorilla [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gorilla beringei beringei   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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