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Gigantopithecus Giganteus




  Name ''Gigantopthecus giganteus''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Primate s
  Familia Hominidae
  Subfamilia Ponginae
  Genus '' Gigantopithecus ''
  Species '''''G giganteus'''''
  Binomial ''Gigantopithecus giganteus''


''Gigantopithecus giganteus'' is a large Extinct Species of Ape that lived in what is now India . This animal is known only from teeth and jawbones. Based on the slim Fossil finds, it was a large, ground-dwelling Herbivore that ate primarily Bamboo and foliage. It was only half the size of its Chinese cousin, '' Gigantopithecus Blacki ''.