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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C9%99rq_qorillas%C4%B1" title="Şərq qorillası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şərq qorillası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Източноконгоанска горила – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Източноконгоанска горила" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goril%C2%B7la_oriental" title="Goril·la oriental – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Goril·la oriental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorila_v%C3%BDchodn%C3%AD" title="Gorila východní – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gorila východní" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98stlig_gorilla" title="Østlig gorilla – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Østlig gorilla" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96stlicher_Gorilla" title="Östlicher Gorilla – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Östlicher Gorilla" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzi%C5%82tah_mag%C3%ADtsoh" title="Dziłtah magítsoh – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Dziłtah magítsoh" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienta_gorilo" title="Orienta gorilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Orienta gorilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekialdeko_gorila" title="Ekialdeko gorila – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ekialdeko gorila" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C" title="گوریل شرقی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گوریل شرقی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorille_de_l%27Est" title="Gorille de l'Est – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gorille de l'Est" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EB%B6%80%EA%B3%A0%EB%A6%B4%EB%9D%BC" title="동부고릴라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="동부고릴라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A1" title="Արևելյան գորիլա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արևելյան գորիլա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isto%C4%8Dni_gorila" title="Istočni gorila – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Istočni gorila" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorila_timur" title="Gorila timur – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gorila timur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%99%D7%AA" title="גורילה מזרחית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גורילה מזרחית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiwol_(Gorilla_beringei)" title="Yiwol (Gorilla beringei) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Yiwol (Gorilla beringei)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaln%C5%B3_gorila" title="Kalnų gorila – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kalnų gorila" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keleti_gorilla" title="Keleti gorilla – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Keleti gorilla" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87" title="غوريلا شرقيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="غوريلا شرقيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostelijke_gorilla" title="Oostelijke gorilla – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oostelijke gorilla" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0" title="पूर्वी भीमवानर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पूर्वी भीमवानर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9" title="ヒガシゴリラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヒガシゴリラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Малхбален горилла – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Малхбален горилла" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98stgorilla" title="Østgorilla – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Østgorilla" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharqiy_gorilla" title="Sharqiy gorilla – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sharqiy gorilla" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%91%DA%BE%D8%AF%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7" title="چڑھدا گوریلا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چڑھدا گوریلا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goryl_wschodni" title="Goryl wschodni – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Goryl wschodni" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_beringei" title="Gorilla beringei – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gorilla beringei" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Восточная горилла – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Восточная горилла" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gorilla" title="Eastern gorilla – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Eastern gorilla" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorila_v%C3%BDchodn%C3%A1" title="Gorila východná – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Gorila východná" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id%C3%A4ngorilla" title="Idängorilla – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Idängorilla" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96stlig_gorilla" title="Östlig gorilla – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Östlig gorilla" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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range: <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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font-size: 88%">Female with infant<br />Both are <a href="/wiki/Mountain_gorilla" title="Mountain gorilla">mountain gorillas</a>, photographed in <a href="/wiki/Bwindi_Impenetrable_Forest" title="Bwindi Impenetrable Forest">Bwindi Impenetrable Forest</a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg/330px-Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg/440px-Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="137" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Critically_endangered_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Critically endangered species">Critically Endangered</a> <small> (<a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN 3.1</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a> Appendix I<small> (<a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; 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font-size: 88%">Eastern gorilla range <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1e5833; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Extant (resident)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#996578; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Possibly extant (resident)</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>eastern gorilla</b> (<i><b>Gorilla beringei</b></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Critically_endangered" class="mw-redirect" title="Critically endangered">critically endangered</a> <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Gorilla" title="Gorilla">Gorilla</a></i> and the largest living <a href="/wiki/Primate" title="Primate">primate</a>. At present, the species is subdivided into two <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a>. There are 6,800 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_lowland_gorilla" title="Eastern lowland gorilla">eastern lowland gorillas</a> or Grauer's gorillas (<i>G. b. graueri</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Mountain_gorillas" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain gorillas">mountain gorillas</a> (<i>G. b. beringei</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-iucnredlist.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnredlist.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Illegal hunting threatens the species.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-iucnworldconservationcongress.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnworldconservationcongress.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy_and_phylogeny">Taxonomy and phylogeny</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy and phylogeny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg/220px-G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg/330px-G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg/440px-G._b._beringei_%26_G._b._graueri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1848" data-file-height="1096" /></a><figcaption>Mountain gorilla and eastern lowland gorilla</figcaption></figure> <p>There are two recognised <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> of eastern gorilla: the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_gorilla" title="Mountain gorilla">mountain gorilla</a> (<i>Gorilla beringei beringei</i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a> slopes of Rwanda, Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_lowland_gorilla" title="Eastern lowland gorilla">eastern lowland gorilla</a> or Grauer's gorilla (<i>Gorilla beringei graueri</i>) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. </p><p>The eastern lowland gorillas and mountain gorillas were previously thought to be two of the three subspecies of one single species, the gorilla (<i>Gorilla gorilla</i>). However, <a href="/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics">genetic research</a> has shown that the two eastern subspecies are far more closely related than the western subspecies: the <a href="/wiki/Western_lowland_gorilla" title="Western lowland gorilla">western lowland gorilla</a> (<i>G. gorilla gorilla</i>), which justified the separate classification.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two eastern subspecies are now classified as <i>G. beringei</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eastern gorilla is a large <a href="/wiki/Hominidae" title="Hominidae">hominid</a> with a large head, broad chest, and long arms. It has a flat nose with large nostrils. The face, hands, feet and breast are bald. The fur is mainly black, but adult males have a silvery "saddle" on their back. When the gorilla gets older, the hair on the saddle of the back becomes white, much like the <a href="/wiki/Hair_color" class="mw-redirect" title="Hair color">gray hair</a> of elderly people. This is why the older males are called <i>silverbacks</i>. Grauer's gorilla has a shorter, thicker, deep black fur, while the mountain gorilla has a more bluish color. The mountain gorilla is slightly smaller and lighter than Grauer's gorilla, but still larger and heavier than the western lowland gorilla and the <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_gorilla" title="Cross River gorilla">Cross River gorilla</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Males are much larger than females. A full-grown male eastern gorilla typically weighs 140–205.5 kg (309–453 lb) and stands 1.7 m (5.6 ft) upright and a female typically weighs 90–100 kg (200–220 lb) and stands 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burnie_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tallest silverback recorded was a 1.95-metre (6.4 ft) individual shot in Alimbongo, northern <a href="/wiki/Kivu" title="Kivu">Kivu</a> in May 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-Wood1983_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wood1983-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The heaviest gorilla recorded was a 1.83-metre (6.0 ft) silverback shot in <a href="/wiki/Ambam" title="Ambam">Ambam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>, which weighed 267 kilograms (589 lb),<sup id="cite_ref-Wood1983_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wood1983-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the latter area is within the range of the western gorilla, far outside that of the eastern gorilla. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_ecology">Distribution and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Distribution and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mountain gorillas are restricted to the mountain <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a> and subalpine forest of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), southwestern Uganda and Rwanda. Grauer's gorilla occur across the forests of the <a href="/wiki/Albertine_Rift" title="Albertine Rift">Albertine Rift</a> in eastern DRC. </p><p>Eastern gorillas are herbivorous, with a heavily foliage based diet, due to lack of available fruit in their habitats. They have smaller home ranges than western gorillas as foliage is more abundant than fruit. They are <a href="/wiki/Diurnality" title="Diurnality">diurnal</a> but the majority of foraging occurs in the morning and late afternoon. At night, they build nests by folding over vegetation, usually on the ground. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behavior">Behavior</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Behavior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eastern gorillas live in stable, cohesive family groups, led by a dominant silverback male. Eastern gorillas tend to have larger group sizes than their western relatives, numbering up to 35 individuals. There is no distinct breeding season and females give birth only once every 3–4 years due to the long period of parental care and a gestation period of 8.5 months. Newborn gorillas have greyish-pink skin and can crawl after 9 weeks; they are not fully weaned until 3.5 years. Males defend their females and offspring using their large size in intimidating displays involving charging and chest-beating. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservation_status">Conservation status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conservation status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eastern gorilla has become increasingly endangered since the 1990s, and the species was listed as critically endangered in September 2016 as its population continued to decrease. Primary threats to the eastern gorilla include habitat destruction for residential, commercial, and agricultural purposes, <a href="/wiki/Habitat_fragmentation" title="Habitat fragmentation">habitat fragmentation</a> caused by transportation corridors and resource extraction, as well as disease.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1996 and 2016, the eastern gorilla lost more than 70 percent of its population, and by 2016 the total population was estimated to be less than 6,000.<sup id="cite_ref-iucnworldconservationcongress.org_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnworldconservationcongress.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An exception to this declining trend is the mountain gorilla. According to the most recent estimates, there are approximately 1,004 mountain gorillas, and their numbers continue to grow.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a>, viewing mountain gorillas is a popular <a href="/wiki/Tourist_attraction" title="Tourist attraction">tourist attraction</a>. These national parks include <a href="/wiki/Volcanoes_National_Park" title="Volcanoes National Park">Volcanoes National Park</a> in Rwanda, <a href="/wiki/Virunga_National_Park" title="Virunga National Park">Virunga National Park</a> in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and <a href="/wiki/Mgahinga_Gorilla_National_Park" title="Mgahinga Gorilla National Park">Mgahinga Gorilla National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bwindi_Impenetrable_National_Park" title="Bwindi Impenetrable National Park">Bwindi Impenetrable National Park</a> in Uganda. While ecotourism can benefit gorilla populations by generating revenue for conservation efforts,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there is concern that increased exposure to humans will place gorillas at greater risk of contracting zoonotic diseases.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies have shown that habituated eastern gorillas, that is, those that leave protected areas to forage in surrounding communities, have higher diseases rates than their unhabituated counterparts, with nearby humans and livestock as the likely sources of transmission.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike the western gorilla, there are few eastern gorillas in zoos. The <a href="/wiki/Antwerp_Zoo" title="Antwerp Zoo">Antwerp Zoo</a> is the only zoo outside the native range of the species that has eastern gorillas. Outside the native range, the mountain gorilla is not held in captivity at all.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Small groups consisting of animals confiscated from poachers are kept in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Grauer's gorillas at the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (GRACE) center in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tayna_Nature_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tayna Nature Reserve (page does not exist)">Tayna Nature Reserve</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9serve_des_gorilles_de_Tayna" class="extiw" title="fr:Réserve des gorilles de Tayna">fr</a>]</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mountain gorillas at the Senkwekwe Center in <a href="/wiki/Virunga_National_Park" title="Virunga National Park">Virunga National Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_gorilla&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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