Gorilla - Western Lowland Gorilla - Monroe

Gorilla - Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)

Gorillas are the largest of all primates, they are peaceful, plant-eating, family oriented animals. Amazing fun to watch them play and interact as a family!

Gorillas are the largest of all primates by physical size. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa.

The troop consist of Winston the big silver back Dad, Imani with her first baby girl Joanne born March 12, 2014. Kokamo and her big baby Monroe, the mischievous one, and Frank his surrogate brother and playmate brought over from the SD Zoo, whom Imani looks after and is very fond of, kind of her surrogate son too.

Despite being the more numerous and widespread gorilla species, the severe threats of hunting, infectious disease and habitat loss make western gorillas at a greater risk of a population collapse in 30 years.

The World Conservation Union lists the western gorilla as critically endangered, on its 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.

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Taken on: January 28, 2016

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