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Since they are herbivores, silverbacks eat a variety of roots, fruit, herbs, bark, bamboo and sometimes insects.They can weigh up to 350 pounds with a stocky build, muscular arms and broad chest making them the largest among the primates. An average silverback height is up to 6 feet tall while female mountain gorillas average up to 5 feet tall.Adult male mountain gorillas are called silverbacks because of the silver saddle running across their back and hips.They wander in home ranges of 10 to 15 square miles.They inhabit the Albertine Rift cloud forest and the Virunga Volcanoes in Central Africa. With their thicker fur, they can live at high altitude and in colder climates.Despite their huge size, mountain gorillas can climb fruiting trees. They are terrestrial and quadrupedal primates, which means they spend more time on the ground than in trees and walk on four limbs. Like other great apes, they have longer arms than legs. Compared to other species of gorilla, mountain gorillas have thicker and longer fur.Along with chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos, gorillas are considered one of the great apes.

Mountain gorillas are one of the two subspecies of the Eastern gorilla found in the mountainous forest of East and Central Africa.

Average Lifespan in the Wild: 40 to 50 years.

Natural Habitat: Tropical rainforest of East and Central Africa.

Scientific Name: Gorilla beringei beringei.

Key Facts & Information Habitat and Anatomy

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See the fact file below for more information on the silverback gorilla or alternatively, you can download our 24-page Silverback Gorilla worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment. The silverback is responsible for protecting and leading a troop of five to thirty mountain gorillas on where to migrate, forage for food and even rest. Download the Silverback Gorilla Facts & WorksheetsĪ silverback gorilla is a mature male mountain gorilla with silver saddles across his back and hips.The Silverback Gorilla is the most endangered species of Gorilla. Gorillas are also killed by poachers and sometimes get caught in poacher’s snares meant for other animals. Silverback gorillas were not even known to exist until 1902.Today, their habitat is being destroyed when people use the land for farming and the trees for fuel. They spend most of their day foraging for food and eating bamboo and leafy plants Gorillas are herbivores, and eat only plants.

Silverback gorillas weigh approximately 350 pounds- about twice the weight of normal adult man.

Silverback Gorillas are around six feet tall – about the height of an adult male – while females are around five feet tall. Each gorilla family has a silverback as leader who scares away other animals by standing erect on its hind legs, tearing up and throwing plants, drumming on the chest with its hands or fists, stamping its feet, striking the ground with its palms and galloping in a mock attack on all fours! Mountain gorillas have a stocky build, with a broad chest, long, muscular arms and wide feet and hands. Adult male mountain gorillas are called Silverbacks because of the silver saddle of hair on their backs. Silverback gorillas have long black hair and their thick, shaggy coats help to keep them warm in cold climates. Because gorillas are nomadic, they build new nests each day at dusk, constructing them out of bent branches in a tree or of grasses on the ground. Silverback gorillas continually wander through their home ranges of 10 to 15 square miles, feeding and resting throughout the day. They are also referred to as mountain gorillas. Silverback gorillas live high in the mountains in two protected parks in Africa.

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