Western Lowland Gorilla
- Western Lowland Gorilla
Taxobox
name = Western Lowland Gorilla
status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2007 | assessors = Tutin, C., Walsh, P., Baillie, J., Maisels, F. & Stokes, E. | year = 2007 | title = Gorilla gorilla "ssp." gorilla | id = 9406 | downloaded =2007-09-12 ]

image_caption = "Jock" (male) atBristol Zoo ,England

image2_caption = Western Lowland Gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Hominidae
genus = "Gorilla "
species = "G. gorilla"
subspecies = "G. g. gorilla"
trinomial = "Gorilla gorilla gorilla"
trinomial_authority = (Savage,1847 )The Western Lowland Gorilla ("Gorilla gorilla gorilla") is a subspecies of the
Western Gorilla ("Gorilla gorilla") that lives in montane, primary, andsecondary forest s andlowland swamp s inAngola ,Cameroon ,Central African Republic , Congo,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Equatorial Guinea andGabon . It is thegorilla usually found inzoo s. Adult male Gorillas are prone tocardiomyopathy , a degenerativeheart disease .Babec , a Western Lowland Gorilla on exhibit at theBirmingham Zoo inBirmingham, Alabama (USA) was the first gorilla to receive anartificial pacemaker .Size
A male Western Lowland Gorilla can stand convert|6|ft|m tall and weigh almost convert|450|lb|kg. [ [http://www.jacksonvillezoo.org/things/WesternLowlandGorilla.asp Western Lowland Gorilla Bio Facts] Retrieved
2008-03-22 .]Diet
The Western Lowland Gorilla eats plants (including bamboo) and occasionally insects.
Behavior
They live in family groupings of one dominant male, five to seven adult females, children and adolescents, and possibly a few non-dominant males. Gorillas reproduce slowly because females do not begin reproducing until the age of nine or ten and only produce one baby approximately every five years. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/12/tech/main3254141.shtml Planet Of No Apes? Experts Warn It's Close] CBS News Online,
2007-09-12 . Retrieved2008-03-22 .]Conservation
In the 1980s, a census taken of the gorilla populations in equatorial
Africa was thought to be 100,000.cite web
author = CNN
title = More than 100,000 rare gorillas found in Congo
publisher =CNN
date = 2008-08-05
url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/index.html
accessdate = 2008-08-05] Researchers adjusted the figure after years of poaching and deforestation had reduced the population to approximately 50,000.Surveys conducted by the
Wildlife Conservation Society in 2006 and 2007 found more than 100,000 previously unreported gorillas have been living in the swamp forests ofLake Tele Community Reserve and in neighbouring Marantaceae (dryland) forests in the Republic of the Congo.With the new discovery, the current population of Western Lowland Gorillas could be around 150,000–200,000. However, the gorilla remains vulnerable to
Ebola ,deforestation , andpoaching .References
External links
*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Gorilla_gorilla/ images and movies of the western gorilla "(Gorilla gorilla)"]
* [http://www.gorilla.org/ The Gorilla Foundation]
* [http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Western_Lowland_Gorilla.asp The Big Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla]
* [http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/gorilla/gorilla.htm Zoo.org: Western Lowland Gorilla]
* [http://www.colszoo.org/animalareas/aforest/gorilla.html Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Western Lowland Gorilla]
* [http://www.okczoo.com/exhi_grea_gori.htm Oklahoma City Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla]
* [http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/05/astonishing-gorilla-discovery-in-congo/ Astonishing’ gorilla discovery in Republic of Congo]
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