Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit
the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas
is highly similar to that of a human, from 95 to 99 percent depending on what is counted, and they are the next closest living
relatives to humans after the two chimpanzee species.
Gorillas' natural habitats cover tropical or subtropical forests in Africa. Although their range covers a small percentage
of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests
of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200 to 4,300 metres (7,200 to 14,100 ft). Lowland Gorillas live in dense
forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African
countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.
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