Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oct 25, 2007.
From Wikipedia:Gorillas, the largest of the living
primates, are ground-dwelling herbivores that inhabit the
forests of
Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2008) either four or five subspecies. The
DNA of gorillas is
98%?99% identical to that of a human,
[2] and they are the next closest living relatives to
humans after the two
chimpanzee species.
Gorillas live in tropical or subtropical forests. Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The Mountain Gorilla inhabits the
Albertine Rift montane
cloud forests of the
Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2225 to 4267 m (7300-14000 ft). Lowland Gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as
sea level.