Gorilla beringei

Matschie, 1903

Eastern Gorilla

Adult female eating wild celery. Gorilla beringei beringei, Mountain Gorilla.
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Location:Rwanda, Virounga Mts.Date taken:1 January 1982Description:Adult female eating wild celery. Gorilla beringei beringei, Mountain Gorilla.

Distribution :

N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, SW Uganda, N Rwanda

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 797

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1903. Herr Matsckie sprach über einen Gorilla aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1903:253-259.

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 material

ZMB 13254

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rwanda, Mount Sabyinyo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://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.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Gorilla beringei

Matschie, 1903

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 13254

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Herr Hauptmann von Beringe hat den Affen auf der Spitze des Vulkans Kirunga ya Sabinyo in einer Höhe von 3000 m erlegt.

Type locality

Rwanda: 1°23′23″S, 29°35′29″E.

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1903:259, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68560)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Groves (2006:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5250)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
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

Matschie (1903:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68560)
Matschie (1904:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7673817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67852)
Elliot (1913:lxvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla gorilla beringei:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422875

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Schwarz (1928:110, 111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Schwarz (1928:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Allen (1939:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Gorilla graueri

Matschie, 1914

Family

Hominidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 31618 (= ZMB 31619) (= ZMB A. 48. 09. 1)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

80 km nordwestlich von Boko am Westufer des Tanganjika

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1914:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33639)

Gorilla beringei mikenensis

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Hominidae

Root name

mikenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

N:o 164, 1 old male 14th of May 1914 in the bamboo-forest on the volcano Mikeno, Virunga mountains (Pl. I, fig. 1). N:o 165, 1 semiadult male, last molar not quite fully developed, occipital and sagittal crests not developed, the same locality and date. N:o 166, 1 young male with milk-dentition and the first molar, the same locality and date. N:o 167, 1 adult female, the same locality and date. N:o 168, 1 young female with milk-dentition and first molar, the same locality and date. N:o 39, 1 young female, second molar just cutting the gum, in the bamboo-forest at the foot of the volcano Mikeno, 27th of Dec. 1913 (Pl. I, fig. 2). N:o 40, 1 young male, second molar developed, the same locality and date as n:o 39 (Pl. I, fig. 2) · the volcano Mikeno, Virunga mountains

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:108, 110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Schwarz (1928:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla gorilla graueri:

E. Schwarz, 1928

Family

Hominidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110, 111

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:110, 111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
Schwarz (1928:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)

Gorilla beringei bwindi

Wolfe, 2001

Family

Hominidae

Root name

bwindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

133, 151

Authority publication

London

Gorilla beringei beringei:

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Hominidae

Root name

beringei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1345

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Gorilla beringei graueri:

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Hominidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1345

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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