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gorilla
primate
Also known as: Gorilla
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Animals & Nature
- Related Topics:
- lowland gorilla
- western gorilla
- silverback
- eastern gorilla
- Cross River gorilla
Recent News
Mar. 29, 2024, 3:18 AM ET (CBS)
Bana the Gorilla from Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has died
Mar. 28, 2024, 12:48 PM ET (CBS)
Lincoln Park Zoo's Bana the Gorilla has died
gorilla, (genus Gorilla), genus of primates containing the largest of the apes. The gorilla is one of the closest living relatives to humans; both groups last shared a common ancestor about 10 million years ago. Only the chimpanzee and the bonobo are closer. Gorillas live only in tropical forests of equatorial Africa. Most authorities recognize two species and four subspecies. The western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is made up of two subspecies: the western lowland gorilla (G. gorilla gorilla), which inhabits the lowland rainforests from Cameroon to the Congo River, and the Cross River gorilla (G. gorilla diehli), which inhabits a ...(100 of 1427 words)