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Western Gorilla
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The Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is the most populous species of the genus Gorilla. Nearly all of the individuals of this taxon belong to the Western Lowland Gorilla subspecies (G. g. gorilla) whose population is approximately 94,000 individuals. There are fewer than 300 of the only other Western Gorilla subspecies, the Cross River Gorilla (G. g. diehli).[3] Wild western gorillas are known to use tools.[4]
The World Conservation Union lists the Western Gorillia as critically endangered, the most severe denomination next to global extinction, on its 2007 Red List of Threatened Species. The Ebola virus is depleting Western Gorilla populations to a point where it might become impossible for them to recover.[2]
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 181-182. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ a b Walsh, P.D., Tutin, C.E.G., Oates, J.F., Baillie, J.E.M., Maisels, F., Stokes, E.J., Gatti, S., Bergl, R.A., Sunderland-Groves, J. & Dunn. A. (2007). Gorilla gorilla. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-12. Listed as Critically Endangered (EN A4cde v3.1)
- ^ Animal Info - Gorilla. AnimalInfo.org. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ PLOS Journal "First Observation of Tool Use in Wild Gorillas"
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| Extant family | Hylobatidae · Hominidae |  |
| Extant genera | Hylobates · Hoolock · Nomascus · Symphalangus · Pongo · Gorilla · Pan · Homo | |
| Extant species | Lar Gibbon · Agile Gibbon · Müller's Bornean Gibbon · Silvery Gibbon · Pileated Gibbon · Kloss's Gibbon · Western Hoolock Gibbon · Eastern Hoolock Gibbon · Siamang · Black Crested Gibbon · Eastern Black Crested Gibbon · White-cheeked Crested Gibbon · Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon · Bornean Orangutan · Sumatran Orangutan · Western Gorilla · Eastern Gorilla · Common Chimpanzee · Bonobo · Human | |
| Ape study | Aquatic ape hypothesis · Ape language · Ape Trust · Dian Fossey · Birutė Galdikas · Jane Goodall · Chimpanzee genome project · Human genome project | |
| Legal status | Personhood · Research ban · Declaration · Kinshasa Declaration · Great Ape Project · Survival Project | |
| See also... | Bushmeat · Ape extinction · List of notable apes · List of fictional apes · Human evolution · Mythic Humanoids · Hominid · Planet of the Apes | |
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