Gorilla

Kingdom: Animalia

• Multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells.

• Rely on other organisms for nourisment.

• Ingest food and digest food in an internal cavity.

• Have their own means of locomotion.  

Phylum: Chordata

• Bilaterally symmetrical bodies ( the right & left side of a body are a mirror image of each other.)

• At some point of the life cycle they have a pair of gill slits or pouches used to obtain oxygen in a liquid environment.

• Have a notochord at some phase of their life cycle.

• Members often have a head, tail and a digestive systemwith openings at both ends of their body. 

Class: Mammalia

• Conceive their young within the reproductive tract of the mother.

• Nourish young with milk prduced by the mothers mammary glands.

• Are heterodonts ( that means that they hav a variety of speacialized teeth)

Order: Primates

• They have stomach, toes, brain, heart, hair, and they have a nervous system.

• They run fast and have long skulls.

Family: Hominidae

• They are Known as being like humans because they have some characteristics that humans have.

• They have five fingers or toes, they can walk on there hind legs, there eyes and skull are alike.   

Genius: Gorilla

• They can way up to 450 pounds, has a big chest, a big neck, and strong hands and feet.

Species: Gorilla gorilla gorilla

• They live in the Rainforests that run into grasslands.

• They have human like fingers or toes and there skulls are alike, and they are smart.

References: Animal Diversity Web. December 15, 2000.  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Poem

The Gorilla is the king

The king of the Kingdoms

He fights for rights so  he can party.