A picture of a western lowland gorilla. Western lowland gorilla in captivity. The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla ) is one of two subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla ) that lives in rain forests in Central Africa in Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Republic of the Congo , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Equatorial Guinea and Gabon .
Western lowland gorillas are intelligent, and understand simple sign language . Koko was a famous western lowland gorilla who communicated in sign language.[ 1]
The western lowland gorilla is the only subspecies kept in zoos, except for one female eastern lowland gorilla named Amahoro who lives at the Antwerp Zoo and a few Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .[ 2]
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