Eastern Gorilla

The Eastern Gorilla (latin name: Gorilla Beringei) is the world's largest primate and is dubbed as endangered by the IUCN redlist. So far, it has two known subspecies: the Mountain Gorilla and the Eastern Lowland Gorilla.

The tallest silverback recorded was a 1.94 m (6.4 ft) individual and the heaviest was a 1.83 m (6 ft) silverback.