Gorilla beringei

Matschie, 1903

Eastern Gorilla

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hominidae
Subfamily : Homininae
Genus : Gorilla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903: 257

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660816

Original name as described

Gorilla beringei

Other common names

Eastern Lowland Gorilla · Grauer's Gorilla · Mountain Gorilla

Type locality

Rwanda, Mount Sabyinyo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000716

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Gorilla beringei mikenensis

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Hominidae

Root name

mikenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919068

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla gorilla rex-pygmaeorum

E. Schwarz, 1927

Family

Hominidae

Root name

rexpygmaeorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 8187

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla graueri

Matschie, 1914

Family

Hominidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 48. 09. 1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608394

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Gorilla beringei beringei

Groves, 2005

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla beringei graueri

Groves, 2005

Family

Hominidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Gorilla beringei

Matschie, 1903

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660816

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39994/115576640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gorilla beringeri

Matschie, 1903

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660814

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla beringei bwindi

Wolfe, 2001

Family

Hominidae

Root name

bwindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

133, 151

Authority publication

London

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