Gorillas

Gorillas are large, primarily herbivorous, great apes that live in the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, from 96 to 99% depending on what is included, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the bonobos and chimpanzees.

primate

species of mammal

subspecies of the eastern gorilla

subspecies of ape

Subspecies of the western gorilla

subspecies of eastern gorilla endemic to the lowlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo