African Gorilla Species Table

Western Lowland Gorilla

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Southern Cameroon, South Nigeria, the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and parts of Zaire

Conservation Status: Endangered

Population: Approx. 94,000

Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Grauer’s Gorilla

Gorilla beringei ssp. graueri

Formerly: Gorilla gorilla ssp. graueri

Congo, Democratic Republic of and Parts of the northern area of Lake Tanganyika between east-central Zaire and the Congo River

Conservation Status: Endangered

Population: Approx. 3,000

Mountain Gorilla

Gorilla beringei ssp. beringei

Formerly listed as G. gorilla beringei

6 Dormant Volcanoes found in the Virunga Mountain Range which spans the borders of Zaire, Uganda, and Rwanda.

Conservation Status: Critically Endangered

Population: (less than 700) in two subpopulation groups numbering approx. 350 ea

Bwindi Gorilla
aka: Mountain Gorilla

*Gorilla beringei

Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest (subpopulation) and Uganda

Conservation Status: Critically Endangered (less than 200-250)

Cross River Gorilla

Gorilla gorilla ssp. diehli

Nigeria

Conservation Status: Protected in Nigeria by Federal Decree 11 – Cross River State Wild Animals Protection Act . Critically Endangered (less than 150)