Western Lowland Gorilla Population 2024

Western Lowland Gorilla Population 2024. Learn about the size, diet, population, habitat, behavior and other interesting facts about the western lowland gorilla. As the most widespread gorilla subspecies, the western lowland gorilla can be found across more than 270,000 square miles of central and west africa—including cameroon, central african.

Results from the largest ever research study of gorillas and chimpanzees in western equatorial africa show population numbers higher than first believed. The two gorilla species—the eastern and western gorilla—live in equatorial africa, separated by about 560 miles of congo basin forest.