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The first scientific description of gorillas dates back to an article by Savage and the naturalist Jeffries Wyman in 1847 in Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, [79] [80] where Troglodytes gorilla is described, now known as the western gorilla. Other species of gorilla were described in the next few years.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. 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 ...
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 older males. The gorillas seen ...
[9] [10] The tallest silverback recorded was a 1.95-metre (6.4 ft) individual shot in Alimbongo, northern Kivu in May 1938. [11] The heaviest gorilla recorded was a 1.83-metre (6.0 ft) silverback shot in Ambam , Cameroon , which weighed 267 kilograms (589 lb), [ 11 ] although the latter area is within the range of the western gorilla, far ...
Azizi, a 20-year-old silverback male western lowland gorilla, arrived at the Milwaukee County Zoo on Jan. 10. He has spent the past month acclimating to his new environment and getting acquainted ...
Instead of decreasing, the number of mountain gorillas — a subspecies of eastern gorillas — has risen from 680 a decade ago to just over 1,000 today. The population is split between two ...
It is most notable for the 400 Bwindi gorillas, half of the world's population of the endangered mountain gorillas. Fourteen mountain gorilla groups live in four different sectors of Buhoma, Ruhijja, Rushaga and the Nkuringo in the districts of Kanungu, Kabale and Kisoro respectively, all under the management of Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Winston, a beloved 52-year-old western lowland gorilla and one of the oldest silverbacks in the world, died Saturday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, officials announced.. The elderly gorilla had ...