Gorillas

By: Nicole Gunderson

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Do you want to know the Gorillas name?
How does the Gorilla move?
What is the Gorillas appearance?
What is the Gorillas diet? And where is it on the food web?
What is the Gorillas habitat and range?
What are the Gorillas adaptions?
What is the Gorillas life cycle and reproduction?
What is the Gorillas behavior?
What is the Gorillas defense and offense?
What are the Gorillas enemies?
What is the Gorillas survival and species status?
Fun facts.
What is the Gorillas classification?
Websites.
Glossary.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE

GORILLAS NAME?

Scientific name: Gorilla Beringei

What does your animals name mean: The

Gorilla is called Gorilla because the word
Gorilla means hairy man.
Are there any special names for your animal?:
A special name for Gorillas in groups are
called troops or bands, Troops are led by a
dominant male, called a silver back.

HOW DOES THE

GORILLA MOVE?
Gorillas are basically the
model of a humans, they
walk on all fours . Their arms
are longer than their legs so
when they walk on all fours
they look right side up. The
movement of a Gorillas are
unusual for an animal with
four legs.

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS APPERENCE?

Like all great apes a Gorillas arms are
longer than its legs. Gorillas have big
muscles they can fight off predators easily.
Gorillas have fur all over them. On
average a male Gorilla will only weigh
around 310 to 440 pounds. Males are larger
than females, and are usually around
1.7milimeters (5 feet tall).

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS DIET?

AND WHERE IS IT ON THE FOOD
WEB?
Gorillas

are
herbivores. They
spend most of their
day foraging for
food and eating
bamboo, leafy
plants, and some
times small insects.

Here

is a model of where
the Gorilla is on the food
web.

Thistles->

Gorilla->
(producer) (herbivore)
Leopards-> Poacher
(carnivore) (omnivore)

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS

HABITAT AND RANGE?
The Gorillas habitat is mainly in the rain
forest and in other forest all around the
world, but the most common place they
are found is in the rain forests. About 700
Gorillas can mostly be found on the 3
dominate volcanoes, such as the
Karaisimbi volcano, the Mikeno volcano,
and the Visoke volcano.

What are the Gorillas

adaptions?
Gorillas

have many adaptions to their

environment. Since they are based in the forest,
Eastern Gorillas have good eyesight that helps
them to detect other animals. Eastern Gorillas
have adapted to very well for its life style. They
have a strong upper body, long arms, fingered
hands, and thumbs which all aid in walking,
climbing, and food retrieval.

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS LIFE

CYCLE AND REPRODUCTION?
REPRODUCTION.
Mother

Gorillas
nurse their babies
for about 3 years,
following which the
young becomes
more independent.

DOES THE GORILLA

LAY EGGS?
Yes Gorillas can
give birth.

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS

DEFENSE AND OFFENSE?
When

in need of a defense mechanism,

Gorillas generally rely on their powerful
arms, which are fully developed with
strong muscles. Gorillas have strong and
muscular arms, which allows them to fight
off predators, grasp and break twigs,
branches, and move through trees.

WHAT ARE THE GORILLAS

ENIMIES?
In

the wild their only predators are

leopards which can attack their
youngsters, and the biggest threat to
Gorillas is man.

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS

SPECIES SURVIVAL STATUS?
Western

lowland and Cross river Gorillas

are listed as critically endangered on the
IUCN Red list of threatened species.
Eastern lowland and Mountain Gorillas
are listed as endangered on the red list.

FUN FACTS!
Despite

their size and current popularity,

Gorillas remained a mystery to people
living out side of Africa until a missionary
described them in 1847. After
chimpanzees, Gorillas are our closets
relatives, sharing about 98% of our genes.

WHAT IS THE GORILLAS

CLASSIFICATION?
KINGDOM-

ANIMILA
PHYLUM- CHORDATA
CLASS- MAMMALIA
ORDER- PRIMATES
FAMILY- HOMINIADE
GENUS- GORILLA
SPECIES- GORILLA BERINGEI

WEBSITES
It is.gov
www.answers.com/Q/how_do_gorillas_move
www.livescience.com/27337-gorilla-facts
www.Endangeredspeciesinternational.org/gorillas
www.uwalx.edu/bio203/szoo7/hallman_inch/adap
tions.htm
www.defenders.org/wiki/knukle-walking
Nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/
fact-gorilla.cfm

GLOSSARY
REPRODUCTION-

Give birth.
GENES- DNA you get from your parents.
HABITAT- Where they live.
ADAPTIONS- Traits that help an animal
survive.