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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Gorilla gorilla

Accepted taxon: Gorilla gorilla


Accepted taxon: Gorilla gorilla
Taxon: Gorilla gorilla
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: PRIMATES | HAPLORRHINI | SIMIIFORMES | Hominoidea | Hominidae | Gorilla
Reference: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Gorilla gorilla diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 34, CP (Crude Protein) 7, EE (Ether Extract) 3. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 1. List of Diet Items for Gorilla gorilla.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 33.63 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida STEM 16.23 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 15.92 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 14.39 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 8.40 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FLOWER 6.60 Damuth, J…
Scarabaeoidea LARVAE 1.82 Nowak,R. …
Termitidae WHOLE 1.80 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 1.21 Nowak,R. …

a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Gorilla gorilla.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Browser Herbivore-Browser
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Gorilla gorilla.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 120,950 - - Lundgren,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Gorilla gorilla.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
neck length nan mm - - - - - 91 - - Nelson, A…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Gorilla gorilla.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Gorilla gorilla Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University). 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gorilla gorilla Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

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