The western lowland gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is native to Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea, and is considered extinct in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is the subspecies of the western gorilla with the largest number of individuals and usually the one found in parks and zoos. They walk on their knuckles, but they can stand for moments and even walk only on both legs for a few meters.
#Western lowland gorilla physical characteristics Patch#
When males reach sexual maturity, they acquire a silvery-gray patch of hair on their back and the upper thighs. Their skin, except the face, hands, feet, and ears, is covered with a layer of black or grayish-brown fur. They do not have a tail, and they have opposable thumbs this means that they can take objects using the thumb and the other fingers, as humans do.
They have powerful muscles in the jaw that help them rip and chew tough, fibrous plants with the help of his 32 teeth. The head is relatively large with a broad skull and a very noticeable brow ridge, a kind of bone crest. The body of both genders is robust and powerful. However, captive males can weigh more than 270 kilos because the sedentary life they have. Females are smaller and lighter than males. An adult male height is between 1.5 and 1.8 meters, and their weight ranges 140-270 kilograms.
It is also the most researched subspecies, so there is plenty of confirmed information about their biological characteristics.Īlthough they seem huge to us, the western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies, even more than the mountain gorilla. The western lowland gorilla is the subspecies of the western gorilla with the largest number of individuals, the most popular and usually the one found in parks and zoos.
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