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Object Number: Ab1993

Collection: Biology

Object Name: Gorilla

Common Name: Gorilla

Informal Name: mammal

: primate

: animal

: great ape

Description: Skull without mandible

On Display at M Shed, Bristol People Gallery

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Primates

Family: Hominidae

Genus: Gorilla

Species: gorilla

Preservation Technique: disarticulated bones - skull

Collection Date: Dec 1847

Locality: Gaboon, Guinea, West Africa, Africa

Precise Location: Cabot in the Gaboon Country

Reference: [Journal] Owen, R. Transactions of the Zoological Society.