eastern lowland gorilla

[ ees-tern loh-luhnd guh-ril-uh ]

noun

1. a black gorilla ( Gorilla beringei graueri ), a subspecies of the eastern gorilla and the largest living primate, living in the mountainous and lowland forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a victim of illegal hunting, habitat destruction, and civil unrest, it is listed as critically endangered.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eastern lowland gorilla¹

First recorded in 1920–25