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In the study done at Lope, gorillas harvest most of their food arboreally, but less than half of their night nests are built in trees. [14] They are often found on the ground, and the group has up to 30 gorillas. Western lowland gorillas live in the smallest family groups of all gorillas, with an average of four to eight members in each.
Western gorillas live in both lowland swamp forests and montane forests, at elevations ranging from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft). [39] Western lowland gorillas live in swamp and lowland forests ranging up to 1,600 m (5,200 ft), and Cross River gorillas live in low-lying and submontane forests ranging from 150–1,600 m (490–5,250 ft).
Skeleton and stuffed of Eastern lowland gorilla at MHNLille. Eastern lowland gorillas are the largest subspecies of gorilla and the largest living primates. [8] Males weigh between 150 and 209 kilograms (331 and 461 lb) based on four males, females of 76 kilograms (168 lb) although this had a small sample size.
There has only been one albino western lowland gorilla ever found in the wild or captivity. Snowflake the gorilla lived in the Barcelona Zoo for 36 years and he was the world’s only albino gorilla.
Additionally, Bwindi gorillas are much more likely to build their nests in trees, nearly always in Alchornea floribunda (locally, "Echizogwa"), a small understory tree. The mountain gorilla is an endangered species, with an estimated total population of about 650 individuals. [ 3 ]
The Umubano Family of Gorillas. Mountain gorillas live in large family groups headed up by a dominant male gorilla known as a silverback due to the saddle of silver hair on the back of some of the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Subspecies of the eastern gorilla Mountain gorilla Male mountain gorilla Female and baby mountain gorillas Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates ...
Western gorillas are long-lived and may survive for as long as 40 years in the wild. A group's home range may be as large as 30 km 2 (12 sq mi), but is not actively defended. Wild western gorillas are known to use tools. [10] Western gorillas' diets are high in fiber, including leaves, stems, fruit, piths, flowers, bark, invertebrates, and soil.