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Gorilla

Gorillas are large, primarily herbivorous, great apes that live in the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, from 96 to 99% depending on what is included, and they are…

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Gorilla

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Triples231
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
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Gorilla

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related to External links · 35
Gorilla → Animal Diversity Web, Archived, August, Center, Congo's Mountain Gorillas, Conservation Programme, Crisis Reporting International Gorilla, Diego Zoo Gorilla Factsheet, EnsemblGenome, Factsheet Archived, Genome, Gorillas, Human Timeline, Interactive, July, Last Refuge, March, National Museum, Natural History, NCBI
related to Cultural significance · 19
Gorilla → Albert Jenks, Baka, Bulu, Cameroon, Cameroonian, Central African Republic, Child, Du Chaillu, Even, From, Gabon, In, In Cameroon's Lebialem, Many, Paul Du Chaillu, Some, The Fang, The Gorilla, This
related to Characteristics · 17
Gorilla → Adult, Alimbongo, Ambam, Antwerp Zoo, Belgian Congo, Cameroon, Colin Groves, Female, Gust, He, Jungers, Kivu, Males, May, Smith, The, Wild
related to history · 17
Gorilla → African, Andrew Battel, BC, Carthage, Carthaginian, Gorillae, Hanno, In, It, Members, Navigator, Pongo, Punic Wars, Rome, Sierra Leone, Skins, The
related to Scientific study · 16
Gorilla → Africa, American, Boston Society, Gaboon, He, Jeffries Wyman, Liberia, Natural History, Other, Paul Du Chaillu, Proceedings, Savage, The, Thomas Staughton Savage, Troglodytes, UK
related to Conservation status · 15
Gorilla → All, Appendix, CITES, Congo, Convention, Ebola, Endangered Species, Gorillas, In, International Trade, IUCN Red List, Mountain, Odzala National Park, Republic, Threats
related to Tool use · 12
Gorilla → Congo, Gorillas, In September, Nonhuman, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic, September, The, This, Thomas Breuer, While, Wildlife Conservation Society
related to Social structure · 11
Gorilla → Both, For, Gorillas, However, If, In, Mature, Mountain, Silverbacks, This, Troops
related to Captivity · 10
Gorilla → Aquarium, Captive, Colo, Columbus Zoo, December, Gorillas, Groups, In, January, Negative
related to Distribution and habitat · 10
Gorilla → Africa, Between, Congo River, Cross River, Eastern, Gorillas, In, Mountain, The, Western

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Tarzaninstance ofGorillas have been used as opponents to jungle-themed heroes0.80text
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