Back Gorilla beringei AN غوريلا شرقية Arabic غوريلا شرقيه ARZ Yiwol (Gorilla beringei) AVK Şərq qorillası Azerbaijani Източноконгоанска горила Bulgarian Goril·la oriental Catalan Малхбален горилла CE Gorilla beringei CEB Gorila východní Czech
| Eastern gorilla[1] Temporal range: Pleistocene[citation needed] to recent
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| Female with infant Both are mountain gorillas, photographed in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Genus: | Gorilla |
| Species: | G. beringei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gorilla beringei Matschie, 1903
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| Eastern gorilla range
Extant (resident)
Possibly extant (resident)
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The eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. There are 6,800 eastern lowland gorillas or Grauer's gorillas (G. b. graueri)[4] and 1,000 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).[5] Illegal hunting threatens the species.[6][7]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Plumptre, A. J.; Robbins, M. M. & Williamson, E. A. (2019). "Gorilla beringei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T39994A115576640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T39994A115576640.en.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Plumptre, Andrew J.; Kirkby, Andrew; Spira, Charlotte; Kivono, Jeannot; Mitamba, Guillain; Ngoy, Erasme; Nishuli, Radar; Strindberg, Samantha; Maisels, Fiona; Buckland, Steeves; Ormsby, Lucy; Kujirakwinja, Deo (2021). "Changes in Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) and other primate populations in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Oku Community Reserve, the heart of Grauer's gorilla global range" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 83 (7): e23288. doi:10.1002/ajp.23288. PMID 34056732. S2CID 235257115.
- ^ "The most recent surveys of Mountain Gorillas estimated that there are now at least 1,004 individuals – IUCN Red List". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 31 July 2018. 31 July 2018.
- ^ "The Eastern Gorilla listed on Red List of Endangered Species by IUCN". CBSnews. AP. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction – IUCN Red List". 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.