Western Lowland Gorilla, Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington DC

The Western Lowland Gorilla is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It is the gorilla usually found in zoos.

A male Western Lowland Gorilla can stand 6 feet tall and weigh almost 450 lbs.