Grauer's Gorilla Silverback (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Grauer's Gorilla Silverback

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The Grauer's gorilla is the world’s largest gorilla (silverbacks such as this one can grow up to 500 pounds in weight) as well as the least known due to the insecurity of its range in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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A. Plumptre/Wildlife Conservation Society

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