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Other albino (or white-furred) gorillas similar in appearance to Snowflake have appeared in different media. Prior to the birth of Snowflake, the film Son of Kong featured King Kong 's son, which was an albino gorilla that was twice the height of a human and was named "Little Kong".
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).
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelli) Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates. The majority are found in forests in Southeastern Asia and Equatorial Africa, with the exception of humans, which have ...
The Gorillas of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park The mountain gorillas living in this mountainous zone are part of a large conservation effort maintained by local and international groups.
About a quarter of Africa's gorillas live in Gabon. Other large mammals include the hippopotamus , forest buffalo, bongo and red river hog . A variety of monkeys occur, including the endemic sun-tailed monkey , and the near-endemic mandrill and white-collared mangabey (here near-endemic meaning most of the individuals of these species are in ...
Western lowland gorillas primarily live in rainforest, swamp forest, brush, secondary vegetation, clearing and forest edges, abandoned farming fields and riverine forest. They live in primary and secondary lowland tropical forest at elevations that extend from sea level up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft). The average amount of rainfall in the areas where ...
Articles relating to the Gorillas, herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa.The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies.
Mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP; French: Programme international de conservation des gorilles) was formed in 1991 to ensure that the critically endangered mountain gorillas are conserved in their habitat in the mountain forests of the Virunga Massif in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic ...