Western Lowland Gorilla
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| Image:Bristol.zoo.western.lowland.gorilla.arp.jpg Jock (male) at Bristol Zoo, England
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| Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) |
The Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Of all gorillas it is the gorilla usually found in zoos.
A male Western Lowland Gorilla can stand 6 feet tall and weigh almost 450 lbs.[2]
The Western Lowland Gorilla eats plants and, occasionally, insects. They live in family groupings consisting of one dominant male, 5 to 7 adult females, children and adolescents, and possibly a few non-dominant males.
Adult male Gorillas are prone to a particular form of cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart disease. Babec, a Western Lowland Gorilla on exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama (USA) was the first gorilla to receive an artificial pacemaker.
The Western Lowland Gorilla is critically endangered due to the Ebola virus and their main predators: man (poachers) and leopards.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Tutin, C., Walsh, P., Baillie, J., Maisels, F. & Stokes, E. (2007). Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ http://www.jacksonvillezoo.org/thigs/WesternLowlandGorilla.asp
- ^ http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Western_Lowland_Gorilla.asp
[edit] External links
- ARKive - images and movies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
- The Gorilla Foundation
- The Big Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
- Zoo.org: Western Lowland Gorilla
- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Western Lowland Gorilla
- Oklahoma City Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
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| Extant family | Hylobatidae · Hominidae | Image:Primatenskelett-drawing.jpg |
| Extant genera | Hylobates · Hoolock · Nomascus · Symphalangus · Pongo · Gorilla · Pan · Homo | |
| Extant species | Lar Gibbon · Agile Gibbon · Müller's Bornean Gibbon · Silvery Gibbon · Pileated Gibbon · Kloss's Gibbon · Western Hoolock Gibbon · Eastern Hoolock Gibbon · Siamang · Black Crested Gibbon · Eastern Black Crested Gibbon · White-cheeked Crested Gibbon · Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon · Bornean Orangutan · Sumatran Orangutan · Western Gorilla · Eastern Gorilla · Common Chimpanzee · Bonobo · Human | |
| Ape study | Aquatic ape hypothesis · Ape language · Ape Trust · Dian Fossey · Birutė Galdikas · Jane Goodall · Chimpanzee genome project · Human genome project | |
| Legal status | Personhood · Research ban · Declaration · Kinshasa Declaration · Great Ape Project · Survival Project | |
| See also... | Bushmeat · Ape extinction · List of notable apes · List of fictional apes · Human evolution · Mythic Humanoids · Hominid · Planet of the Apes | |
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