Dryopithecus fontani

Dryopithecus fontani is the type species of Dryopithecus, an extinct great ape of Europe from the middle to late Miocene boundary, 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago. It is the only uncontested species of a genus that has been through taxonomic turmoil since its discovery in 1856. A male was estimated at 44 kilograms. It probably ate mostly ripe fruit from trees, with some hanging behaviour to reach it, although limb bones suggest much walking on all fours. The face resembled a gorilla, and males had longer canines than females. It lived in a seasonal, paratropical climate and probably built fat reserves for winter.