The American physician Thomas Staughton Savage first described the Western Gorilla in 1847 from specimens obtained in Liberia.
The discovery of the Mountain Gorilla took place in the Virunga Mountains, on October 17th, 1902, by Robert von Beringe.
There are two species of Gorilla: Gorilla gorilla(Western Gorilla) and Gorilla beringei (Eastern Gorilla). There are four recognized subspecies:Western Lowlands Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)The Bwindi Gorilla has been suggested as a third subspecies of Easter Gorilla. However, it has not yet been assigned a trinomen.
There are two species of gorilla and four or five subspecies of gorilla.
western lowland gorillaWestern lowland gorilla
A silverback gorilla is not a species of gorilla, but rather a name used to describe the male of the species whose fur appears silver in colour. since 2011, Gorillas have been divided into two species and four sub-species: The species 'Eastern Gorilla' (Gorilla Beringer), with the subspecies 'Eastern Lowland Gorilla' (Gorilla Beringer Graveri) and 'Mountain Gorilla' (Gorilla Beringer Beringel). And the species 'Western Gorilla' (Gorilla Gorilla), with the sub-species 'Western Lowland Gorilla' (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla) and the 'Cross River Gorilla' (Gorilla Gorilla Diehli).
The mountain gorilla was discovered in 1902 by Captain Robert von Beringe who shot two of them. It was classified as a new speicies in 1914 by Professor Paul Matschie.
The discovery of the Mountain Gorilla took place in the Virunga Mountains, on October 17th, 1902, by Robert von Beringe.
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The scientific name for the lowland gorilla is Gorilla gorilla.
There are two species of Gorilla: Gorilla gorilla(Western Gorilla) and Gorilla beringei (Eastern Gorilla). There are four recognized subspecies:Western Lowlands Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)The Bwindi Gorilla has been suggested as a third subspecies of Easter Gorilla. However, it has not yet been assigned a trinomen.
Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei), Bigfoot (Gorilla atrox)
Jambo the gorilla was housed at the New Jersey zoo until his death in 1992. Jambo is best known for protecting a five year old boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure.
The binomial name of the western gorilla is Gorilla gorilla, but the western lowland gorilla is technically a subspecies of this, and so has a trinomial name (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
What kind of gorilla? For example, a Western gorilla is Gorilla gorilla. An Eastern gorilla is Gorilla beringei.