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.