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Descriptor English: Gorilla gorilla
Descriptor Spanish: Gorilla gorilla
Descriptor Gorilla gorilla
Scope note: Esta única especie de gorila, que es miembro de la familia PONGIDAE, es la mayor y más poderosa de los Primates. Está distribuida en poblaciones aisladas, dispersas en los bosques del África ecuatorial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gorilla gorilla
Descriptor French: Gorilla gorilla
Entry term(s): Gorilla
Gorilla gorillas
Gorillas
gorillas, Gorilla
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006071
Scope note: This single species of Gorilla, which is a member of the HOMINIDAE family, is the largest and most powerful of the PRIMATES. It is distributed in isolated scattered populations throughout forests of equatorial Africa.
Annotation: diseases: coordinate with APE DISEASES + specific disease /vet
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pongidae (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 81; was GORILLAS 1975-80
Online Note: use GORILLA GORILLA to search GORILLAS 1975-80
History Note: 81; was GORILLAS 1975-80
DeCS ID: 6221
Unique ID: D006071
NLM Classification: QL 737.P94
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Gorilla gorilla - Preferred
Concept UI M0009555
Scope note This single species of Gorilla, which is a member of the HOMINIDAE family, is the largest and most powerful of the PRIMATES. It is distributed in isolated scattered populations throughout forests of equatorial Africa.
Preferred term Gorilla gorilla
Entry term(s) Gorilla
Gorilla gorillas
Gorillas
gorillas, Gorilla



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