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Gorillas are found in 10 equatorial African countries, in a broad diversity of habitats ranging from coastal lowland forests to high-altitude, Afromontane rain forests (odkaz na MAPs). There are two species of gorilla, separated from one another by the inner Congo Basin. Each species has two subspecies according to Colin Groves, 2001 (Caldecott and Ferriss 2005; Harcourt and Stewart 2007):

The Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is divided into the:

Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

The Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is divided into the:

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)

However, the number of species and subspecies is a subject to debate. “Our taxonomy is not definitive; taxonomy never is.” (Grubb et al. 2003).
The majority of information on gorillas has come from a very small population of mountain gorillas......

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