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Observations on the teeth of the mountain gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla beringei )
Author(s) -
Booth Sandra N.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330340107
Subject(s) - gorilla , primate , biology , hominidae , zoology , geography , anatomy , ecology , biological evolution , paleontology , genetics
Abstract Measurements of a sample of mountain gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla beringei ) teeth are presented: when compared with other Gorilla series, the dimensions of the maxillary teeth fall in the upper end of the observed range for the genus. All of the upper teeth except the canine show a greater sex difference in the bucco‐lingual diameter than in the mesio‐distal dimension. This is also true for the other hominoids which have been studied, man, the chimpanzee, and the orang‐utan, but to a lesser degree in man and the chimpanzee.