The eastern gorilla has become increasingly endangered since the
1990s, and the species was listed as critically endangered in September 2016 as its
population continued to decrease.
Interesting Facts
The eastern gorilla is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest
living primate.
Gorilla and the largest living primate. Gorillas tend to have larger group sizes than their
western relatives, numbering up to 35 individuals.
The gorillas can choose where to sleep and they often choose to bed down inside their night
building, but they sometimes sleep outside too.
Female pandas give birth to one or two cubs every two years. Cubs stay with their mothers
for 18
months before venturing off on their own.
Because they eat so much fibrous vegetation, gorillas spend a lot of time resting and
digesting.
Primary threats to the eastern gorilla include habitat destruction for residential,
commercial,
and agricultural purposes, habitat fragmentation caused by transportation corridors and
resource
extraction, as well as disease.