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--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Hominoidea
--> FAMILY Hominidae
--> GENUS Gorilla
SPECIES Gorilla gorilla
Author: | Savage, 1847. | Citation: | Boston J. Nat. Hist., 5: 417. | Common Name: | Western Gorilla | Type Locality: | Gabon, Gabon Estuary, Mpongwe country. | Distribution: | SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Republic of Congo, SW Central African Republic, Gabon. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as G. g. diehli, Endangered as G. g. gorilla. | Comments: | The author of the name is Savage, not Savage and Wyman (see Groves, 2001c:301). The status of diehli was reviewed in detail by Sarmiento and Oates (2000). |
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