Western gorilla
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The western gorilla is a great ape found in Africa, one of two species of the hominine genus Gorilla. Large and robust with males weighing around 168 kilograms, the species is found in a region of mid
Male gorilla in SF zoo
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Western lowland gorilla
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Critically endangered
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An IUCN Red List critically endangered species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of
Western gorilla
…the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is limited to a smaller range in the north at the border of Cameroon and Nigeria. Both subspecies are critically endangered. A formal description of the species was provided by Thomas Savage in 1847, allying the new species to an earlier description of the chimpanzee as…
Western gorilla, a species of Gorilla with a conservation status of critically endangered, due to habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat.
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