Mountain gorilla
Appearance
Mountain gorilla | |
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File:Susa group, mountain gorilla.jpg | |
Male | |
File:Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female with baby.jpg | |
Female and juvenile | |
Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | Homininae |
Genus: | Gorilla |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | G. b. beringei[1]
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Trinomial name | |
Gorilla beringei beringei[1] Matschie, 1903
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File:Eastern Gorilla area.png | |
Distribution range in blue |
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Mountain gorillas are gorillas from Eastern Africa. Some live in the Virunga Mountains of Central Africa, within three national parks. The other lives in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park of Uganda.
References[change]
- ↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Hickey, J. R.; Basabose, A.; Gilardi, K. V.; Greer, D.; Nampindo, S.; Robbins, M. M.; Stoinski, T. S. (2018). "Gorilla beringei ssp. beringei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T39999A17989719.