TYPES OF GORILLAS

There are three types of gorillas. They are: Western Lowland, East Lowland, and Mountain Gorillas. These different names come from where they live in Africa. The above gorillas are Western Lowland Gorillas.

The mountain gorillas are the most endangered of the gorillas. There are only 620 mountain gorillas in the wild, and none in captivity. They are found in the rain forests of Rwanda, Uganda and Zaire.

The Eastern Lowland Gorillas are found in eastern Zaire. There are about 4,000 in the wild and less than 24 in captivity. Western Lowland Gorillas live in Nigeria, Cameroon,Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic and Zaire. There are approximatley 10,000 to 35,000 free-living, and 550 captive Western Lowland Gorillas.

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