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Gorillini

Gorillini is a taxonomic tribe containing three genera: Gorilla and the extinct Chororapithecus and (possibly) Nakalipithecus.

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Gorillini
Temporal range:
Western gorilla
(Gorilla gorilla)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Gorillini
Hürzeler, 1968
Genera


sister: Hominini

Gorillini is a taxonomic tribe containing three genera: Gorilla and the extinct Chororapithecus and (possibly) Nakalipithecus.1

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References

  1. Wood, Bernard; Harrison, Terry (17 February 2011). "The evolutionary context of the first hominins". Nature. 470 (7334): 347–352. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..347W. doi:10.1038/nature09709. PMID 21331035. S2CID 4428052.