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Gorilla gorilla (primate)

Mass: 162 kg based on Riess et al. 1948, Schultz 1940, and Zihlman and McFarland 2000

Diet: frugivore-folivore based on Cipolletta 2003

Abundance: 1.57 to 3.85% (median 2.76%)

Latitudinal range: 0.8° to 5.9°

Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 3 samples

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; ochre ash)

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Forestry Management Unit Ngombé

Size measurements:
♀ body mass127913 kgN = 1Riess et al. 1948
♀ body mass198673 kgN = 1Riess et al. 1948
♀ body mass72600 kgN = 1Schultz 1940
♀ body mass99500 kgN = 1Zihlman and McFarland 2000
♂ body mass185066 kgN = 1Riess et al. 1948
♂ body mass245847 kgN = 1Riess et al. 1948
♂ body mass249476 kgN = 1Riess et al. 1948
♂ body mass172700 kgN = 1Zihlman and McFarland 2000
♂ body mass211000 kgN = 1Zihlman and McFarland 2000

See also Gorilla, Gorilla beringei

Current reference: Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)