Gorilla gorilla (Savage 1847)

[Troglodytes] gorilla Savage 1847, Boston J. Nat. Hist., 5: 417.

Type Locality: Gabon, Gabon Estuary, Mpongwe country.

Vernacular Names: Western Gorilla.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Gorilla gorilla subsp. gorilla Savage 1847

Subspecies Gorilla gorilla subsp. diehli Matschie 1904

Distribution: SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Republic of Congo, SW Central African Republic, Gabon.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as G. g. diehli, Endangered as G. g. gorilla .

Discussion: The author of the name is Savage, not Savage and Wyman (see Groves, 2001 c:301). The status of diehli was reviewed in detail by Sarmiento and Oates (2000).