eastern lowland gorilla
[ ees-tern loh-luhnd guh-ril-uh ]
/ ˈis tərn ˈloʊ lənd gəˈrɪl ə /
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noun
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.
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Also called Grauer's gorilla .
Origin of eastern lowland gorilla
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby eastern lowland gorilla
eastern gorilla, Eastern Hemisphere, eastern hemlock, Eastern Hindi, easternize, eastern lowland gorilla, easternmost, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Province
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