In 1758 Carl Linenaeus,the first serious student of classification, officially recognized the close relationship between humans, monkeys, and apes. He devised the order name Primate to encompass them all and to denote their high ranking in the animal kingdom. All gorillas subspecies have 48 chromosomes. View the 48 chromosomes of a gorilla and see the comparative karyotype of the great apes provided by Dr. Mariano Rocchi at the Istituto di Genetica in Italy. Over 50 years old.
Gorillas reach sexually maturity at around XX years for males and XX years for females.
Gorillas give birth after eight months of gestation. Human pregnancies usually last about nine months. Typically gorillas have only a single offspring. Yes, the first gorilla born as a result of artificial insemmination was born at the Colombus Zoo in 1995. Gorillas are found on the continent of Africa from Gabon to Rwanda.