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--> GENUS Gorilla
SPECIES Gorilla beringei
Author: | Matschie, 1903. | Citation: | Sber. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin: 257. | Common Name: | Eastern Gorilla | Type Locality: | Rwanda, Mt. Sabinyo. | Distribution: | N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, SW Uganda, N Rwanda. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I and U.S. ESA – Endangered as included in G. gorilla; IUCN – Critically Endangered as G. g. beringei, Endangered as G. g. graueri. | Comments: | Separated as a full species by Groves (2001c). |
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