Gorilla Pelvis KO-028-P
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Pelvis from our Gorilla Skeleton, SC-028-A, cast from a very large, male Silverback Lowland Gorilla. The largest primate, Gorillas spend most of their day eating to support their large mass. Males can be up to twice the weight of females. The characteristic head shape of male Gorillas is the result of structures designed to process the voluminous amount of low nutrient vegetation that comprise their diet. The prominent sagittal crest on the top of the skull supports temporal jaw muscles that provide grinding strength to large molars, and meets a bony shelf, the nuchal crest, at the back of the head. Female Gorillas have a smaller sagittal crest. Compared to Chimpanzees and Bonobos, Gorillas have longer arms relative to leg size, and shorter, broader hands and feet. Gorillas, along with Chimps and Bonobos, are more closely related to humans than are the other great apes, Orangutans and Gibbons.

Additional Great Ape Pelvis assemblies, hands, feet, bones and sets available. Please check out the rest of our Primate Postcranial category and Related Products, below. If you don't see what you need, please inquire.

Original skeleton courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo, which receives a portion of the sales to help rebuild its primate center.

Our exacting casts capture the subtle textures and details of the original bone, and we use the finest resins for our Bone Clones® replicas.