The Scientific Name For Mountain Gorilla. It s one of my favorites. One is found in the virunga volcanic mountains of central africa within three national parks.
The scientific name of eastern gorillas is gorilla beringei and the scientific name of western gorillas is gorilla gorilla. The fur helps them to survive in a habitat where temperatures often drop below freezing. Find out what awf is doing to secure a future for the endangered gorilla from the littlest ape to the silverback gorilla.
135 to 220 kilograms 300 to 485 pounds size.
Advertisement subspecies of the western gorilla include the western lowland gorilla and the cross river gorilla while subspecies of the eastern gorilla include the eastern lowland gorilla and the mountain gorilla. Even more fun the western lowland gorilla is a subspecies named gorilla gorilla gorilla. One is found in the virunga volcanic mountains of central africa within three national parks. The mountain gorilla gorilla beringei beringei is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla it is listed as endangered by the iucn as of 2018.