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Gorilla gorilla is not a typing error
A tautonym repeats the same word in the genus name and species epithet, as in Gorilla gorilla. Such names are permitted in zoological naming. Repetition in a scientific name can be deliberate rather than an accidental duplicated word.
Two identical parts can still form one formal name.
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