Description
English: KBNP Silverback and Child
Date 19 April 2014, 18:53:30
Source Own work
Author Kbnp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kbnpsilverbackandchild.jpg

The eastern lowland gorilla or Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) is a subspecies of eastern gorilla endemic to the mountainous forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Important populations of this gorilla live in the Kahuzi-Biega and Maiko National Parks and their adjacent forests, the Tayna Gorilla Reserve, the Usala forest and on the Itombwe Massif. It is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies. It has jet black coats like the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), although the hair is shorter on the head and body. The male's coat, like that of other gorillas, turns silver at the back as the animal matures. Order: Primates, Suborder: Haplorhini, Family: Hominidae.