222 GORILLA 
GORILLA BERINGERI Matschie. 
Gorilla beringeri Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund., Ber- 
lin, 1903, p. 257 ; 1904, p. 51; Rothsch., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
1904, p. 418; 1906, p. 465. . 
Type locality. Kirunga, German East Africa. Type skull in 
Berlin Museum. 
Geogr. Distr. Kirunga, Ya Sabinyo Vovcano, German East 
Africa. 
Genl. Char. The face is not so broad as either that of G. g. diehli 
or G. g. jacobi, and is between these two in size and general characters. 
The orbital ridges are raised nearly to a level with the top of the brain- 
case and the orbits are nearly round; two low frontal ridges run from 
outer side of orbits and meet probably near the fronto-parietal suture. 
I say probably, because the animal at some period of its life has 
been injured and the ridge on the left side is distorted and turned 
away from the true line; there is a low occipital crest, and the occipital 
outline forms an oblong shape not round as in G. g. diehli. The zygo- 
matic width is moderate as in all Gorillas, the arch being nearly 
parallel with the braincase, not flaring outward. The angle of the 
occipital region is the same as in G. g. diehli, but the most striking 
character of the inferior surface of the skull is the extremely long 
bony palate which exceeds by 14 mm. either that of G. g. diehli, or 
even G. gorilla, and is only 6 mm. shorter than the much larger G. g. 
jacobi. The molar series are much larger than either of the forms 
compared. The skull indicates an animal of about the size of G. g. 
diehli, but with a much narrower head though of about the same 
length. 
Color. Male. Nose and top of head to occiput black, hairs tipped 
with red, hairs being red at base then black and red tips; hairs on 
sides of head black banded with gray making this part much paler than 
top of head; shoulders, arms, hands, feet and under side of body 
black; hairs on hind neck are gray at base, then banded with red and 
tipped with black; a broad yellowish white band across back beneath 
the shoulders; rest of back, rump and legs, mixed gray black and 
reddish, the hairs of which are very long being gray for basal half 
then black with red tips; whiskers and beard black. Ex type Berlin 
Museum. 
Female and Young. Entire pelage thick and long, jet black. 
Measurements. Skull: total length, 320; occipito-nasal length, 
256; Hensel, 196; zygomatic width, 164; intertemporal width, 74; 
extreme width of orbits, 108; height of orbit, 52; width of orbit, 40; 
