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Gigantopithecus

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Gigantopthecus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Ponginae
Genus:	Gigantopithecus

Species

Gigantopithecus blacki
Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis

Gigantopithecus was a genus of ape that existed from 9 to 5 million years ago in the Miocene in China and India. It was likely over six feet tall and weighed from 700 to 1200 pounds — 2 to 3 times larger than gorillas — with a very similar diet. Some cryptozoologists have claimed that a race of very errant gigantopithecines are the legendary creature Bigfoot.

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