Trudy (gorilla)

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Trudy
Species western lowland gorilla
Sexfemale
Born1956 (1956)
DiedJuly 24, 2019(2019-07-24) (aged 62–63)

Trudy was a western lowland gorilla residing in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States. She was estimated to have been born in 1956 [1] or 1957 [2] in the wild. Following the death of Colo in January 2017, she was the oldest known living gorilla in the world (together with German gorilla Fatou), [2] [1] [3] [4] reaching 63 years of age. She died the night of July 24, 2019. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Little Rock Zoo to mark birthday of Trudy, oldest known gorilla in world". Arkansas Online. 2017-02-12. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  2. 1 2 "Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein | Nordkurier.de". 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ↑ TEGNA. "Little Rock Zoo's Trudy now world's oldest gorilla". KTHV. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "World's oldest gorilla celebrates 60th birthday in Berlin | News | DW | 13.04.2017". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Trudy: World's oldest known gorilla dies at 63". Sky News. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Preceded by World's oldest living Gorilla
January 17, 2017 — July 24, 2019		Succeeded by


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