How can genetic data inform management decisions for gorilla conservation?

Sep 4, 2016 ... 4, 2016) – Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), a subspecies of eastern gorilla, the world's largest ape, and confined to eastern ... This great ape is one of two subspecies of the eastern gorilla and one of the world's largest living primates. Within the last 10 million years, however, many ape species became extinct as the earth's climate cooled and dried and their forested environments changed to ... Feb 25, 2025 ... The biggest Gorilla ever found in captivity was even larger than the one found in Cameroon. It was a western lowland Gorilla named Phil. It ... Jan 14, 2024 ... The extinct species of great ape that once stood around 10 feet tall and weighed up to 650 pounds was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes. Jan 10, 2024 ... These nearly 10-foot-tall apes were most likely doomed by their specialized diet and an inability to adapt to a changing environment. Additionally, it will offer unique interactions with gorillas from Mays Family Silverback Peak, the world's largest gorilla tower at more than 70 feet tall! Jan 11, 2024 ... Standing nearly ten feet tall and weighing up to 660 pounds, the largest great apes to ever live—called Gigantopithecus blacki—roamed ... Mar 7, 2019 ... At the time, he was perhaps the most famous gorilla in the world: the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (now the ... Sep 28, 2021 ... King Nyani, the largest bronze gorilla sculpture in the world has a permanent home at Brookfield Zoo.