Gorilla

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phylum Chordata Gorilla is the largest extant genus of primates by size. The genus is divided into two species and either four or five subspecies. The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres (7,200–14,100 ft). Lowland gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Hominidae
genus Gorilla
species G. gorilla - Western gorilla
G. beringei - Eastern gorilla

Undetermined gorilla

Undetermined lowland gorilla

Eastern gorilla

phylum Chordata The Eastern gorilla is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. There are 3,800 eastern lowland gorillas or Grauer’s gorillas (G. b. graueri) and 1,000 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei). Illegal hunting threatens the species.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Hominidae
subspecies Gorilla beringei graueri

Gorilla beringei beringei

Undetermined Eastern gorilla

Mountain gorilla

Western gorilla

phylum Chordata The western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is a great ape found in Africa, one of two species of the hominid genus Gorilla. Large and robust with males weighing around 168 kilograms (370 lb), the hair is significantly lighter in color than the eastern gorilla, Gorilla beringei, and geographically isolated from them in a region at the midwest of the African continent. Two subspecies are recognised, Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Western lowland gorilla) and Gorilla gorilla diehli (Cross River gorilla,) who is limited to a smaller range in the north at the border of Cameroon and Nigeria, both are listed Critically Endangered.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
family Hominidae
subspecies Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Gorilla gorilla diehli

Western lowland gorilla

Gorilla Skeleton

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