Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Cranium

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Microhabitat Description
Ecological remarks by collector(s): no
Small fragment of bone labeled 174138 found by Ingrid Rochon in early 2018. The piece of bone was much too large to belong to USNM 174138, a specimen of Synaptomys. Carla Dove from the feather lab sequenced a DNA barcode from a small piece of the bone fragment and identified it as Gorilla gorilla on 5 January 2018. Ingrid Rochon made an educated guess that this bone fragment realy belonged to USNM 574138.
Record Last Modified
25 Aug 2023
Specimen Count
1
Collection Date
23 Jul 1990
Accession Number
391108
Other Numbers
NZP Accession Number : 24926A
NZP Pathology No. : 1990-0479
USNM Number
574138
Weight - Specimen
249 kg
Preparation
Remainder in Fluid
Skull
Remarks
right leg and arm only
Sex
Male
Place
Captive Specimen: National Zoological Park (NZP), Locality Unknown
Published Name
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
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Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Taxonomy
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primates, Haplorrhini, Hominidae
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
Record ID
nmnhvz_7071972
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b8ed7a2-b2a6-48a3-8f8c-278d512ba5c1
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