Gigantopithecus

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von Koenigswald, 1935 Template:Taxobox end placement Template:Taxobox section subdivision Gigantopithecus blacki
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Gigantopithecus was a genus of ape that existed from 9 to 5 million years ago in China and India. Gigantopithecus is the largest ape that ever lived. It's diet consisted of primarily bamboo. Gigantopithecus's died out primarily because their large bodies were not effecient enough to gather stalks of bamboo, and small animals were able to reach bamboo easier. It was likely near ten feet tall and weighed from 700 to 1200 lbs — 2 to 3 times larger than gorillas although its closest living relatives are the orangutans. Some cryptozoologists have claimed that a race of very errant gigantopithecines are the legendary creature Bigfoot.

Geologic Epoch: Miocene
Diet: herbivore
Locomotion: quadrupedal