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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.
In zoological nomenclature, a trinomen (pl. trinomina), trinominal name, or ternary name is the name of a subspecies. Examples are Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) for the western lowland gorilla (genus Gorilla, species western gorilla), Gorilla gorilla diehli for the Cross River gorilla, Bison bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) for the plains ...
Around 316,000 western lowland gorillas are thought to exist in the wild, [102] 4,000 in zoos, thanks to conservation; eastern lowland gorillas have a population of under 5,000 in the wild and 24 in zoos. Mountain gorillas are the most severely endangered, with an estimated population of about 880 left in the wild and none in zoos.
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 ).
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 ...
The Fort Worth Zoo has announced the birth of Jameela, its third gorilla baby and the first to be born via Cesarean section at the zoo. Fort Worth Zoo Western lowland gorillas are a critically ...
Kingo was the first western lowland gorilla to be habituated in the wild, officials said. Gorilla who ‘gave the world a wealth of knowledge’ dies, Ohio zoo says. ‘Truly special’
While all western gorillas are Critically Endangered (in the case of the western lowland gorilla due in part to the Ebola virus), the Cross River gorilla is the most endangered of the African apes. A 2014 survey estimated that less than 250 mature individuals were left in the wild. [1]