Western gorilla  (Gorilla gorilla)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Hominidae
Genus Gorilla (1)
Size Female height: up to 150 cm (2)
Male weight: 140 - 180 kg (2)
Female weight: 90 kg (2)
Male height: up to 180 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). Subspecies: Cross river gorilla (G. g. diehli) classified as Critically Endangered (CR); western lowland gorilla (G. g. gorilla) classified as Critically Endangered (CR) (1).