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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 outside that of the eastern gorilla.
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 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] Like humans ...
Eastern gorillas join their sister species, the Western gorilla, and both species of orangutan which were already on the list as critically endangered. Red List: Hunting pushes Eastern gorillas ...
The eastern lowland gorilla has the widest altitudinal range of any of the gorilla subspecies, being found in mountainous, transitional and lowland tropical forests. One of the most studied eastern lowland gorilla population lives in the highlands of Kahuzi-Biega, where habitats vary between dense primary forests to moderately moist woodland ...
Azizi will lead the zoo's western lowland gorilla family group, which has been without a silverback since Oliver died in September. Azizi will lead the zoo's western lowland gorilla family group ...
Eastern gorilla: Gorilla beringei: 70–200 150–185 [6] 150–195 [7] East Africa: Hominidae: Western gorilla: Gorilla gorilla: 58–200 [8] 150–170
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.