‘western gorilla’
(“gorilla gorilla'”)
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*gorillas are ‘ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes’ that inhabit the forests of ‘central africa’*
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(the name was derived from the greek word “Γόριλλαι”, (gorillai), a “tribe of hairy women” described by ‘hanno the navigator’, a carthaginian navigator and possible visitor (circa ‘480 BC’) to the area that later became ‘sierra leone’)
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(gorillas diverged about 7 million years ago from human evolution)
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The eponymous genus Gorilla is divided into 2 species…
the eastern gorillas
and the western gorillas
(both critically endangered),
and either four or five subspecies.
They are the largest living primates.
The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, from 95–99% depending on what is counted, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the chimpanzees and bonobos.
Gorillas’ natural habitats cover tropical or subtropical forests in Africa.
Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations.
The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres (7,200–14,100 ft)
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(lowland gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the ‘congo’ near its border with ‘rwanda’)
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