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  2. Gorilla - Wikipedia

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    Gorillas are the largest living primates, reaching heights between 1.25 and 1.8 metres, weights between 100 and 270 kg, and arm spans up to 2.6 metres, depending on species and sex. They tend to live in troops, with the leader being called a silverback.

  3. Hikers in Rwanda Get Rare & Incredible Glimpse of Newborn ...

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    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.

  4. Mountain gorilla - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Eastern gorilla - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  6. A 20-year-old silverback gorilla has arrived at the Milwaukee ...

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    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 ...

  7. PHOTOS: Saving endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Eastern lowland gorilla - Wikipedia

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    A silverback and child at Kahuzi-Biéga National Park. Eastern lowland gorillas are highly sociable and very peaceful, living in groups of two to over 30. A group usually consists of one silverback, several females and their offspring. Silverbacks are strong and each group has one dominant leader (see alpha male). These males protect their ...

  9. Beloved gorilla Winston, second oldest in the U.S ...

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    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 ...