Talk:Eastern lowland gorilla

message: Eastern lowland gorillas are predominantly herbivorous, eating mostly leaves. They live in lowland rainforests in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,  with only 600 miles of forest away from the western gorillas, . In fact, the relatively minor differences between the eastern and western gorillas suggests recent divergence, . Specifically, it is believed that the gorillas diverged as a result of a montane forest bridge in the late Pleistocene either from west to east or the converse and later into higher altitudes of Virgunga,  where characteristics resulting from colder weather evolved. The region inhabited by Eastern Lowland Gorilla has decreased from 8,100 square miles to 4,600 square miles in the past 50 years, . This primate species now occupies only 13% of its historical area. Barrier Reefs (talk) 22:22, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Habitat and ecology

message: size and stuff? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Halaqah (talk • contribs).
:Some weight records added. --83.240.11.32 (talk) 18:39, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Size

message: is infant the proper term?  Doesn't infant literally mean "unable to speak?"  Aren't all gorillas infants?Hithisishal (talk) 03:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Infant' is indeed the proper term. While the LAtin root for the word does indeed mean "unable to speak", the English word does not have that meaning. See various dictionary entries for 'infant'. - UtherSRG (talk) 05:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: infant?

message: Three suitable images from Flickr of the Eastern Lowland Gorilla are here, here and here. Cheers, Jack (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: The Eastern Lowland Gorilla is slightly larger than the Mountain Gorilla and essential larger than the Western Lowland Gorilla. Full erectly a Silverback of the Eastern Lowland Gorilla would be roughly 6 feet 6 inches (2 m) tall, a Mountain Gorilla Silverback would be roughly 6 feet 3 inches (1,90 m) tall and a Silverback of the Western Lowland Gorilla would be until 5 feet 7 inches (1,70 m) tall.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.7.127.159 (talk) 15:47, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The largest subspecies of the Gorilla

message: I am looking at adding several subsections to the "Conservation and Threats" section including: civil war, bushmeat, park conservation, refugees, logging and recommendations.
Part of the current "Conservation and Threats" section would therefore not be necessary as it will be used later on under one of the subsections. I also propose adding a new section called "Conservation Initiatives" to list the conservation organizations and their efforts in protecting the species.
Sources:
*Prince-Hughes, Dawn (1987). Songs of the Gorilla Nation. Harmony. p. 66. .
*United Nations Environmental Programme, C.I.; J. Redmond, J. Refisch (2010). [www. grida.no The Last Stand of the Gorilla: Environmental Crime and Conflict in the Congo]. United Nations Environmental Programme. p. 24. .
*"Eastern Lowland Gorilla". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 23 October 20
*United Nations Environmental Programme, C.I.; J. Redmond, J. Refisch (2010). [www. grida.no The Last Stand of the Gorilla: Environmental Crime and Conflict in the Congo]. United Nations Environmental Programme. p. 24. .
*Vogel, Gretchen (Mar. 31, 2000). "Conflict in Congo Threatens Bonobos and Rare Gorillas". Science 287 (5462): 2386-2387. Retrieved 26/09/2012.
*Hart, Terese et. Al (1997). Conservation and Civil Strife: Two Perspectives from Central Africa. Conservation Biology 11 (2): 308-314.
 Barrier Reefs (talk) 18:53, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Section and Sources 

message: Great addition overall, really enjoyed reading this. Few little correction though. Consider moving the social behaviour part (last 2 paragraphs of habitat and ecology) down to the behaviour section. Also one of the citation in the bushmeat subheading is improperly cited. Also on a whole try to link a few more article to the page. Things like "Tanzania" can be linked fairly easily. Kirrahe (talk) 23:51, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for your suggestions Kirrahe. I have added more links to all of my sections and have moved those two paragraphs to the behaviour section. Thanks for the help! Barrier Reefs (talk) 15:55, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review 

message: Should Grauer's be made the article name? The mechanics of doing so is not my strong suit but I'd figure out how to do it. In the NYTimes today: 'the world’s largest primates, known as Grauer’s gorillas'; it seems to be the accepted species' name. I linked this Eastern lowland article to the redirect page Grauer's gorilla (which redirects ('back') to the Eastern lowland gorilla page) but the link was removed as 'circular redirect'; ok. A full change would effectively involve a 'switch' of the content from here to what's now the redirect page and of the redirect content from there to here. If there's no comment in a few weeks I'll make note here, then proceed. 20:01, 20:13, 20:26 & Swliv (talk) 01:42, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The name change was part of a significant edit made last March by a user with very few edits. Have those changes been reviewed? They may be unreliable. They didn't add any new references. jnestorius(talk) 17:56, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change? 

message: I thought it was a well-known fact that Eastern gorillas weigh 180-200kg in average. Sentido33 (talk) 21:55, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the source for the claim that Eastern gorillas weigh between "204-250 kilograms?" 

message: As these span a number of articles: please discuss recent photo additions by  at User_talk:SpaceMusk#Photo additions. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent photo additions 

message: The article says "Males stand between 1.69 to 1.96 metres (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 5 in), while females reach 1.6 metres (5.2 ft)." But I have a hard time believing they are ever as tall as 1.96 metres. The reference for that figure is "Williamson, E. A.; Butynski, T. M. (2009). "Gorilla gorilla". In Butynski, T.M. (ed.). The Mammals of Africa. Vol. 6. Elsevier Press" which I cannot find.
Do you know of any scientific paper that states the height of an Eastern lowland gorilla when standing up? I suspect it is exaggerated in the article at the moment. BrightOrion (talk) 13:17, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Height when standing