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What is the largest primate?

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Primates (Primates). The Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), particularly the Mountain Gorilla subspecies, is the largest living primate. The maximum size of a male gorilla can be over 225 kg (500 lb) and 1.83 m (6 ft) in the wild, with much heavier weights recorded in captivity. Gigantopithecus is the largest known primate ever, probably averaged 3 m (10 ft) tall and weighing 300 to 550 kg (700 to 1,200 lb). It lived around 5 million years ago until about 100 thousand years ago in the region of India and China. Human beings (Homo sapiens) can attain massive weights measured in thousands of pounds (up to 1,600 lb), but these are cases of morbid obesity, tumor, and other medical malady, and enormous heights (up to 8 ft 11.1 in), due to the growth disorder gigantism. The tallest humans (who have reached heights of at least 7 ft 8 in even when not afflicted with gigantism) are the tallest living primates.

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