| Western lowland gorilla | |
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| Silverback | |
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| Adult female and juvenile Both photographed at Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Genus: | Gorilla |
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| Subspecies: | G. g. gorilla
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| Trinomial name | |
| Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847)
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| Distribution range in red | |
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary and secondary forest and lowland swampland in central Africa in Angola (Cabinda Province), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It is the nominate subspecies of the western gorilla, and the smallest of the four gorilla subspecies.
The western lowland gorilla is the only subspecies kept in zoos with the exception of Amahoro, a female eastern lowland gorilla at Antwerp Zoo, and a few mountain gorillas kept captive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
- ^ Maisels, F.; Strindberg, S.; Breuer, T.; Greer, D.; Jeffery, K.; Stokes, E. (2018) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9406A136251508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T9406A136251508.en.
- ^ "Appendices". CITES. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Prince-Hughes, Dawn (1987). Songs of the Gorilla Nation. Harmony. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4000-5058-1.