Female with infant Both are mountain gorillas, photographed in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Genus:
Gorilla
Species:
G. beringei
Binomial name
Gorilla beringei
Matschie, 1903
Subspecies
G. b. beringei G. b. graueri
Eastern gorilla range
Extant (resident)
Possibly extant (resident)
The eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. There are 6,800 eastern lowland gorillas or Grauer's gorillas (G. b. graueri) [4] and 1,000 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).[5] Illegal hunting threatens the species.[6][7]
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^Plumptre, A. J.; Robbins, M. M. & Williamson, E. A. (2019). "Gorilla beringei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T39994A115576640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T39994A115576640.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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^Plumptre, Andrew J.; Kirkby, Andrew; Spira, Charlotte; Kivono, Jeannot; Mitamba, Guillain; Ngoy, Erasme; Nishuli, Radar; Strindberg, Samantha; Maisels, Fiona; Buckland, Steeves; Ormsby, Lucy; Kujirakwinja, Deo (2021). "Changes in Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) and other primate populations in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Oku Community Reserve, the heart of Grauer's gorilla global range" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 83 (7): e23288. doi:10.1002/ajp.23288. PMID 34056732. S2CID 235257115.
^"The most recent surveys of Mountain Gorillas estimated that there are now at least 1,004 individuals – IUCN Red List". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 31 July 2018. 31 July 2018.
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The easterngorilla (Gorilla beringei) is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species...
divided into two species: the easterngorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of...
The eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) or Grauer's gorilla is a Critically Endangered subspecies of easterngorilla endemic to the mountainous...
isolated from the easterngorilla (Gorilla beringei). The hair of the western species is significantly lighter in color. The western gorilla is the second...
western lowland gorilla (Gorillagorillagorilla) is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorillagorilla) that lives in...
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the easterngorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018...
The eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It is native to the Central African Republic, South...
from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g (1 oz), to the easterngorilla, weighing over 200 kg (440 lb). There are 376–524 species of living...
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and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the...
some gibbon species in the genus Nomascus, at 40 cm (16 in), to the easterngorilla, at 196 cm (77 in), not including limbs. Hominoids primarily eat fruit...
Sergeant as an attractive woman Scooper as Tookie John Cleese as Ape, an Easterngorilla and George's friend/foster brother who is operating in Las Vegas Michael...
(chimpanzees and bonobos) and in standard usage excludes the genus Gorilla (gorillas). The term was originally introduced by Camille Arambourg (1948)....
coalitionary attacks of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) on gorillas (Gorillagorillagorilla) in the wild". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 14673. Bibcode:2021NatSR...
roots of trees and bushes and attack men. Thunderbirds — (Eastern Woodlands) most tribes in Eastern Woodlands claim Thunderbirds often shapeshift into people...
Tapanuli orangutan, P. tapanuliensis Genus Gorilla: gorillas Western gorilla, G. gorillaEasterngorilla, G. beringei Genus Homo: humans Human, H. sapiens...
a gorge near Mount St. Helens. The prospectors reported encountering "gorilla men" near their remote cabin. One of the men, Fred Beck, indicated that...
patrol soldiers captured a hairy two-legged female creature similar to a gorilla that ate meat and vegetation. This was later revealed as a hoax or possibly...
study primates in their natural environments. They studied chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, respectively. Louis Leakey's interest in primate ethology...
as the yahoo (also called the hairy man, Australian ape or Australian gorilla), a shadowy creature then seen as an undiscovered marsupial but one that...
East Borneo. Fauna, flora and nature conservation in the southern and eastern part of Borneo. In 3 Years Dutch Indies Nature Life: Compilation on Landscapes...
Retrieved 8 August 2021. Meder, A. (1995). "Men who named the African apes". Gorilla Journal (11). Germany. Hof, J.; Sommer, V. (2010). Apes Like Us: Portraits...
"Ebola and the decline of gorillaGorillagorilla and chimpanzee Pan troglodytes populations in Minkebe Forest, north-eastern Gabon". Oryx. 37 (4): 437–443...
typically engage in face-to-face genital sex, although a pair of western gorillas has also been photographed in this position. Bonobos do not form permanent...