Animal Class >>Herbivores
Gorilla
The Mountain Gorilla has longer and darker hair than other gorilla species, enabling it to live at high altitudes and travel into areas where temperatures drop below freezing. They are primarily terrestrial and quadrupedal. However, it will climb into fruiting trees if the branches can carry its weight, and it is capable of running bipedally up to 6 m (20 ft). Like all great apes other than humans, its arms are longer than its legs.
Facts about Mountain Gorilla
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Mountain gorillas are peaceful, gentle, social, and mainly vegetarian creatures. The occasional ferocious-looking, impressive displays are generally from a male gorilla protecting his family group from a threat.
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A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest mature male gorilla-often the guy doing any chest pounding or charging. He's called a silverback because the hair on a male's back turns from black to silvery gray as he matures. This happens when he is between 11 and 13 years old. A silverback's group normally includes a subadult male or two and a few females and their young.
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Mountain gorillas wander around a home range of up to 15 square miles (39 square kilometers).
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They spend much of their time eating. Their food includes a variety of plants, along with a few insects and worms.
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At night the animals make a nest to sleep in. Many lightweight gorillas nest in trees, making beds of bent branches. The heavier individuals may nest in grasses on the ground. Babies snuggle with their mothers for the night.
Other Herbivores
- • Dog
- • Coyote
- • Cat
- • Crow
- • Squirrel
- • Tiger
- • Cheetah
- • Lion
- • Orangutan
- • Monkey
- • Brown Bears
- • Polar Bear
- • Panda
- • Elephant
- • Hippopotamus
- • Rhinocerose
- • Giraffe
- • Peafowl
- • Camel
- • Kangaroo
- • Insects
- • Reptiles
- • Fishes
- • Crocodile
- • Dolphin
- • Penguin
- • Sharks
- • Frog
- • Vampire Bats
- • Birds
- • Chimpanzee
- • Pig
- • Horse
- • Duck
- • Owl
- • Pigeon
- • Snake
- • Flamingo
- • Woodpecker
- • Ostrich
- • Chameleon
- • Sparrow
- • Tortoise
- • Spider
- • Grasshoppers
- • Praying Mantis
- • Dragonfly
- • Fox
- • Butterfly
- • Chicken
- • Turtle
- • Bees
Other animals
- • Dog
- • Coyote
- • Cat
- • Crow
- • Squirrel
- • Tiger
- • Cheetah
- • Lion
- • Brown Bears
- • Polar Bear
- • Elephant
- • Giraffe
- • Peafowl
- • Camel
- • Insects
- • Reptiles
- • Fishes
- • Crocodile
- • Dolphin
- • Penguin
- • Sharks
- • Frog
- • Vampire Bats
- • Birds
- • Chimpanzee
- • Pig
- • Horse
- • Duck
- • Owl
- • Pigeon
- • Snake
- • Flamingo
- • Woodpecker
- • Ostrich
- • Chameleon
- • Sparrow
- • Tortoise
- • Spider
- • Grasshoppers
- • Praying Mantis
- • Dragonfly
- • Fox
- • Butterfly
- • Chicken
- • Turtle
- • Bees
