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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 species is found in a region of midwest Africa, geographically isolated from the eastern gorilla ( Gorilla beringei ).
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary and secondary forest and lowland swampland in central Africa in Angola (Cabinda Province), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Their population has declined by more than 60% in the last 20 to 25 years, and a 2018 study additionally revealed that although more than 360,000 gorillas inhabit the forests of Western Equatorial ...
Western Lowland Gorillas Are 'Critically Endangered' According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the population of these Gorillas has been on a scary decline for decades.
The mountain gorilla also has the thickest hair. The western lowland gorilla can be brown or greyish with a reddish forehead. In addition, gorillas that live in lowland forest are more slender and agile than the more bulky mountain gorillas. The eastern gorilla also has a longer face and broader chest than the western gorilla. [32]
Western Lowland Gorillas Are 'Critically Endangered' Any new birth of a Western Lowland Gorilla, like the baby boy born at Woodland Park Zoo, is a big win for the species.
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla).It was named a new species in 1904 by Paul Matschie, a mammalian taxonomist working at the Humboldt University Zoological Museum in Berlin, but its populations were not systematically surveyed until 1987.
A critically endangered baby gorilla has been born at London Zoo leaving zookeepers “grinning from ear to ear”. Mother, Mjukuu, gave birth to the western lowland gorilla infant, whose name and ...
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