Gorilla gorilla (Savage 1847)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 182

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scientific name	Gorilla gorilla (Savage 1847)
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[Troglodytes] gorilla Savage 1847 , Boston J. Nat. Hist., 5: 417.

Type Locality: Gabon, Gabon Estuary, Mpongwe country.

Vernacular Names: Western Gorilla.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Gorilla gorilla subsp. gorilla Savage 1847

Subspecies Gorilla gorilla subsp. diehli Matschie 1904

Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni ( Equatorial Guinea), Republic of Congo, SW Central African Republic, Gabon.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as G. g. diehli, Endangered as G. g. gorilla .

Discussion: The author of the name is Savage, not Savage and Wyman (see Groves, 2001 c:301). The status of diehli was reviewed in detail by Sarmiento and Oates (2000).