Comments on: Gorillas – the biggest monkeys https://dinoanimals.com/animals/gorillas-the-biggest-monkeys/ Animals & Dinosaurs Wed, 01 Aug 2018 22:47:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert https://dinoanimals.com/animals/gorillas-the-biggest-monkeys/#comment-854 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:48:42 +0000 http://dinoanimals.com/?p=3310#comment-854 The gorillas are impressive. Especially silverback.

]]> By: Max https://dinoanimals.com/animals/gorillas-the-biggest-monkeys/#comment-853 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:05:57 +0000 http://dinoanimals.com/?p=3310#comment-853 Such a curiosity concerning the discovery and name of gorilla:
The first scientific description of the gorilla, based on individuals collected in Liberia (Western Corilla), was made in 1847 by an American physician and missionary Thomas S. Savage, who named it Troglodytes gorilla. The species name was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (“tribe of the hairy women”), named by Hannon, a Cartagena sailor who is believed to have arrived (about 480 BC) in the area of today’s Sierra Leone.

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