#0527 · 🦊 mammals
Eastern Gorilla
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Gorilla ·Gorilla beringei
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ebobo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © David Bygott · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Laura Keene · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © dmitri_66 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Rwanda:© Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Rwanda:© Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Patrick Palines · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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. Grauer's gorilla, formerly known as the eastern lowland gorilla ( G. b. graueri ) is more populous, at about 3,800 individuals. The mountain gorilla ( G. b. beringei ) has only about 880 individuals. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature mentioned illegal hunting in its assessment of threats to the...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,364 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Paul Matschie in 1903 (123 years ago).
- Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Gorilla
- Nederlands
- Oostelijke Gorilla
- scientific name
- Gorilla beringei
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Hominidae
- IUCN Red List
- CR · critically endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,364
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1903 by Paul Matschie
IUCN in Dutch: ernstig bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hominidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 68790, Wikidata Q307157, GBIF 7262070, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.