Western Lowland Gorilla

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Western Lowland Gorilla
Jock (male) at Bristol Zoo, England
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Gorilla Species: G. gorilla Subspecies: G. g. gorilla
Trinomial name
Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847)

The Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Of all gorillas it is the least endangered and is the gorilla usually found in zoos.

The Western Lowland Gorilla eats plants and, occasionally, insects. They live in family groupings consisting of one dominant male, 5 to 7 adult females, children and adolescents, and possibly a few non-dominant males.

Contents 1 Gallery 2 Media 3 References 4 External links

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Western Lowland Gorillas at Edinburgh Zoo

Yinka, female, Edinburgh Zoo

A Western Lowland Gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo

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[edit] References

• Butynski et al (2000). Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this subspecies is endangered and the criteria used

[edit] External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
• The Gorilla Foundation
• The Big Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
• Zoo.org: Western Lowland Gorilla
• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Western Lowland Gorilla
• Oklahoma City Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
• Pictures of the Western Lowland Gorilla