Trudy (gorilla)

Trudy
Specieswestern 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 or 1957 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), reaching 63 years of age. She died the night of July 24, 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b "Little Rock Zoo to mark birthday of Trudy, oldest known gorilla in world". Arkansas Online. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  2. ^ a b "Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein | Nordkurier.de". 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ TEGNA. "Little Rock Zoo's Trudy now world's oldest gorilla". KTHV. 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. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ^ "Trudy: World's oldest known gorilla dies at 63". Sky News. 26 July 2019.
Preceded by World's oldest living Gorilla
January 17, 2017 — July 24, 2019
Succeeded by