"Lowland gorilla" redirects here. For the eastern species, see Eastern lowland gorilla.
Subspecies of ape
Western lowland gorilla
Silverback
Adult female and juvenile Both photographed at Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Genus:
Gorilla
Species:
G. gorilla
Subspecies:
G. g. gorilla
Trinomial name
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
(Savage, 1847)
Distribution range in red
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, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It is the nominate subspecies of the western gorilla, and the smallest of the four gorilla subspecies.
The western lowland gorilla is the only subspecies kept in zoos with the exception of Amahoro, a female eastern lowland gorilla at Antwerp Zoo, and a few mountain gorillas kept captive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
^Maisels, F.; Strindberg, S.; Breuer, T.; Greer, D.; Jeffery, K.; Stokes, E. (2018). "Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla (amended version of 2016 assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9406A136251508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T9406A136251508.en. Retrieved 26 August 2022.title has extraneous text, |date= / |doi= mismatch
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Prince-Hughes, Dawn (1987). Songs of the Gorilla Nation. Harmony. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4000-5058-1.
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