Western Gorilla

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iWestern Gorilla[1]
Conservation status
Endangered (EN)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Gorilla Species: G. gorilla
Binomial name
Gorilla gorilla Savage, 1847
Subspecies
G. g. gorilla G. g. diehli

The Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is the most populous species of the genus Gorilla. Population estimates vary, but it is likely that there are approximately 80-100 thousand individuals of this species; nearly all are of the nominate Western Lowland Gorilla G. g. gorilla subspecies, but there are as many as 300 individuals of the Cross River Gorilla G. g. diehli subspecies.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 181-182. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. ^ Butynski et al (2000). Gorilla gorilla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN A2cd v2.3)
3. ^ Cross River Gorilla. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.