Gorilla

Summary

Gorilla is a taxon^[1]. Gorilla has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Gorilla's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Gorilla is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Gorilla belongs to the parent taxon Gorillini^[5].
• Gorilla belongs to the parent taxon Hominidae^[6].
• Gorilla belongs to the parent taxon Gorillina^[7].
• Gorilla's scientific name is Gorilla^[8].
• Gorilla's Commons category is recorded as Gorilla^[9].
• Gorilla's Unicode character is recorded as 🦍^[10].
• Gorilla's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gorillas^[11].
• Gorilla's Commons gallery is recorded as Gorilla^[12].
• Gorilla's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[13].
• Gorilla's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Gorilla's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Gorilla's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• Gorilla's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[17].
• Gorilla's topic has template is recorded as Q25942228^[18].
• Gorilla's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+270'}^[19].
• Gorilla's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gorilla is Gorilla^[8]. Gorilla is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Gorillini^[5], Hominidae^[6], and Gorillina^[7].

Identifiers

Gorilla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43579^[21]. Gorilla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9592^[22]. Gorilla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42003^[23]. Gorilla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436440^[24]. Gorilla's ITIS TSN is recorded as 572837^[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Gorilla include Godzilla^[26], a film character^[27] and Gorilla Glass^[28], a brand^[29].

Why It Matters

Gorilla has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Gorilla is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for Gorilla include Godzilla^[26], a film character^[27] and Gorilla Glass^[28], a brand^[29].