Individual gorillas

female gorilla and research subject

world's only known gorilla with albinism to date (1964–2003)

Harambe (, ; May 27, 1999 – May 28, 2016) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. Fearing for the boy's life, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe. The incident was recorded on video and received broad international coverage and commentary, including controversy over the choice to use lethal force. Several primatologists and conservationists wrote later that the zoo had no other choice under the c

western lowland gorilla in the Berlin Zoo

western gorilla in the Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo

gorilla from Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda

celebrity western lowland gorilla residing in Japan