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noun
- 1. a powerfully built great ape with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. It is the largest living primate.
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Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies.
A gorilla is a large ape that comes from western and central Africa. Learn more about its features, behavior, diet, and conservation status with examples from literature and science.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of the word gorilla, which can refer to a large ape or a brutal man. See also related phrases, articles, and translations of gorilla.
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This article is about the Gorilla, a genus of primates that contains the largest of the apes. It provides information on their physical characteristics, behavior and habitat, diet, reproduction and life expectancy. The article also mentions how gorillas are becoming increasingly rare due to human destruction of its forest habitat and hunting for bu...
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The gorilla is one of the closest living relatives to humans; both groups last shared a common ancestor about 10 million years ago. Only the chimpanzee and the bonobo are closer. Most authorities recognize two species and four subspecies of gorillas live only in tropical forests of equatorial Africa.
The gorilla is robust, powerful with black skin and hair, large nostrils, small ears, prominent brow ridges; males are twice as heavy as females with height 1.7 meters (5.5 feet) weight 135-220 kg (300-485 pounds), active during day time primarily terrestrial usually walking on all four limbs called knuckle walking; diet vegetarian leaves stalks sh...
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The largest of the great apes, gorillas are stocky animals with broad chests and shoulders, large, human-like hands, and small eyes set into hairless faces. The two gorilla species—the eastern and western gorilla—live in equatorial Africa, separated by about 560 miles of Congo Basin forest. Each has a lowland and upland subspecies.
Gorilla definition: a terrestrial, largely vegetarian great ape of the genus Gorilla, inhabiting central African forests. See examples of GORILLA used in a sentence.
Gorillas are the largest of the great apes and our closest cousins after chimpanzees and bonobos. They live in two types, eastern and western, and face many threats, such as poaching, habitat loss, and diseases.
