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Gorilla beringei (Eastern Gorilla)

Synonyms: Gorilla gorilla beringei (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. Grauer's gorilla, formerly known as the eastern lowland gorilla (G. b. graueri) is more populous, at about 3,800 individuals. The mountain gorilla (G. b. beringei) has only about 880 individuals. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature mentioned illegal hunting in its assessment of threats to the species.
View Wikipedia Record: Gorilla beringei

Infraspecies

Gorilla beringei beringei (Mountain Gorilla)
Gorilla beringei graueri (Grauer's Gorilla)

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Gorilla beringei

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  308.30 lbs (139.842 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  4.581 lbs (2.078 kg)
Male Weight [1]  295.421 lbs (134.00 kg)
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  90 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  8 years 5 months
Male Maturity [1]  15 years
Gestation [1]  8 months 17 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  55 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  5.478 feet (167 cm)

Prey / Diet

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0