Males in captivity are noted to be capable of reaching weights up to 683 lb.
Adult male gorillas are known as silverbacks due to the characteristic silver hair on their backs reaching to the hips.
Female gorillas are shorter at 4 ft 1 in to 4 ft 11 in, with smaller arm spans. Wild male gorillas weigh 300 to 430 lb, while adult females usually weigh 150–250 lb, which is half of an adult male's.Īdult males between 4 ft 7 in to 6 ft 5 in tall in height, with an arm span that stretches from 7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 10 in.
#Gorilla vs ape plus#
Gorillas move around by knuckle-walking, although they sometimes walk bipedal for short distances while carrying food or in defensive situations, and some mountain gorillas use other parts of their hand to aid locomotion (studies of 77 mountain gorillas published in 2018 showed 61% only used knuckle walking, but the remainder used knuckle walking plus other parts of their hand-fist walking in ways that do not use the knuckles, using the backs of their hand, and using their palms). There are over 100,000 Western lowland gorillas in the jungles of Africa. In reality, gorillas are more passive and sedate apes than the aggressive chimpanzees. There are two distinct species of gorilla: the Eastern gorilla ( Gorilla beringei )and Western gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla), which are both native to Central Africa, as are chimpanzees and bonobos.