page_title: Western lowland gorilla
hierarchical_section_title: Western lowland gorilla
caption_attribution_description: Central African Republic Western Lowland Gorilla
context_page_description: The western lowland gorilla is one of two subspecies of the western gorilla that lives in forests in the mountains and in swamps in central Africa in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
  Gorillas are intelligent and understand simple sign language. Koko was a famous western lowland gorilla who communicated in sign language.
  The Western lowland gorilla is the only subspecies kept in zoos except for one female Eastern lowland gorilla named Amahoro who lives at the Antwerp Zoo and a few Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
context_section_description: The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in forests in the mountains and in swamps in central Africa in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
  Gorillas are intelligent and understand simple sign language. Koko was a famous western lowland gorilla who communicated in sign language.
  The Western lowland gorilla is the only subspecies kept in zoos except for one female Eastern lowland gorilla named Amahoro who lives at the Antwerp Zoo and a few Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
caption: A lowland gorilla
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