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GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA [8 records]

Record 1 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

In Africa, forest is often referred to as ’the bush’, thus wildlife and the meat derived from it is referred to as ’bushmeat’(in French-viande de brousse). This term applies to all wildlife species, including threatened and endangered, used for meat including : elephant; gorilla;chimpanzee and other primates; forest antelope(duikers) ;crocodile; porcupine; bush pig; cane rat; pangolin; monitor lizard; guinea fowl; etc.

Key term(s)
  • bush meat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

There are two subspecies in tropical Africa : 1. The lowland gorilla(Gorillagorillagorilla) is found in the lowlands in the west of Equatorial Africa; 2. The mountain gorilla(Gorillagorilla beringei) is found in the lowlands and mountains up to elevations of 3500 meters in Central Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Il y a deux races de gorilles : le gorille de côte du Cameroun et du Gabon, ou gorille occidental, qui se distingue par une couronne marron [...] et le gorille de montagne qui est plus grand et a le poil plus long; il n'a pas de couronne marron et est confiné dans les forêts montagneuses du Congo oriental.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

Any of a genus (Pan) of great apes of Africa, with black hair and large, protruding ears.

OBS

It is smaller than a gorillaand is noted for its intelligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Grand singe anthropoïde [...] arboricole, qui vit en Afrique occidentale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

There are two subspecies in tropical Africa : 1. The lowland gorilla(Gorillagorillagorilla) is found in the lowlands in the west of Equatorial Africa; 2. The mountain gorilla(Gorillagorilla beringei) is found in the lowlands and mountains up to elevations of 3500 meters in Central Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

Il y a deux races de gorilles : le gorille de côte du Cameroun et du Gabon, ou gorille occidental, qui se distingue par une couronne marron [...] et le gorille de montagne qui est plus grand et a le poil plus long; il n'a pas de couronne marron et est confiné dans les forêts montagneuses du Congo oriental.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an arboreal anthropoid ape, less related to man than chimpanzee and gorilla, and living in Borneo and Sumatra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mammals
DEF

[A] genus of African ape of the Miocene, a possible ancestor of the chimpanzee and gorilla.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mammifères
OBS

[...] quadrupède, mais main préhensile; grimpait aux arbres; [...] Miocène inférieur [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1978-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

A genus of extinct Pliocene anthropoids from the Siwalik hills of India that is probably rather closely related to the gorilla.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Singe anthropomorphe fossile, dont les débris ont été trouvés dans les dépôts tertiaires de l'Inde (Siwalik).

Spanish

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Record 8 1978-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Animal Biology
DEF

... resembling man... especially designating or of any of the most highly developed apes, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Biologie animale
DEF

Qui ressemble à l'homme.

Spanish

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