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Gorilla Social Groups
and Communication
Hannah Stephenson
Vertebrate Zoology Summer 201 Lab Report
Background
• Order: Primate
• Suborder: Anthroidea
• Family: Hominidea
• Not found in Arkansas or the United States
• Closest relative are humans
• Herbivores and Frugivores
• Males are bigger than Females
Mountain Gorilla
• Gorilla beringei
• Weight : 300 lbs
• Life Span: 40 to 50 years
• Habitat: Dense forest, rainforest, bamboo
forest, volcanic peaks
• Live in the forests of the Democratic Republic
of Congo.
• Critically endangered
Western Lowland Gorilla
• Gorilla gorilla
• Weight: 440 lbs
• Can be found in Republic of Congo, Gabon,
and Central African Republic.
• Critically Endangered
Group Behavior
• Groups of one male (silverback) and
multiple females and their offspring.
• About 20 individuals a group.
• Once born, females leave.
Behavior Cont.
• Males will stay in group and take the
silverbacks place when they die.
• OR disperse and attract females to create a
new group.
Courtship
• Female: attract males through movements and
puckering lips.
• Male: attracts females by touching her and
making sounds.
• Only silverback can mate with females in the
group.
• If female is looking at different silverback both
silverbacks will fight.
• Polygamists: Polygyny
Offspring Care
• Gestation is 8.5 months.
• Low reproduction rate
• Mother cares for baby, male does not
participate.
• Baby usually seen riding on the moms back.
Communication
• Live in dense forests so they communicate through
vocalizations.
• Mainly males vocalize.
• Beating of the chest to show dominance
• Young will whimper or cry to get attention of mother.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk2udXac7nU
Gorilla sounds
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1y2fiLOVeg
• MORE VIDEOS: Group Behavior
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF5S0uGG6tg
References
• “GorillaGorilla.” Primate Info Net Banner,
pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/gorilla/behav.
• “Mountain Gorilla Hero and Circle image_45487.” WWF, World Wildlife
Fund, www.worldwildlife.org/photos/mountain-gorilla-and-baby.
• “Gorilla Reproduction.” Gorilla Facts and Information, 1 Feb. 2017,
www.gorillas-world.com/gorilla-reproduction/.
• PICTURES
• Baby gorilla: http://blog.zoo.org/2016/03/and-baby-gorillas-name-is.htm
• Courtship: https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-tough-is-
rwanda-gorilla-trek-which.html
• Group: http://www.aboutrwanda.com/habituated-groups-in-rwanda/
• Other pictures found on WWF which is cited.

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Gorilla Social Groups and Communication

  • 1. Gorilla Social Groups and Communication Hannah Stephenson Vertebrate Zoology Summer 201 Lab Report
  • 2. Background • Order: Primate • Suborder: Anthroidea • Family: Hominidea • Not found in Arkansas or the United States • Closest relative are humans • Herbivores and Frugivores • Males are bigger than Females
  • 3. Mountain Gorilla • Gorilla beringei • Weight : 300 lbs • Life Span: 40 to 50 years • Habitat: Dense forest, rainforest, bamboo forest, volcanic peaks • Live in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. • Critically endangered
  • 4. Western Lowland Gorilla • Gorilla gorilla • Weight: 440 lbs • Can be found in Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Central African Republic. • Critically Endangered
  • 5. Group Behavior • Groups of one male (silverback) and multiple females and their offspring. • About 20 individuals a group. • Once born, females leave.
  • 6. Behavior Cont. • Males will stay in group and take the silverbacks place when they die. • OR disperse and attract females to create a new group.
  • 7. Courtship • Female: attract males through movements and puckering lips. • Male: attracts females by touching her and making sounds. • Only silverback can mate with females in the group. • If female is looking at different silverback both silverbacks will fight. • Polygamists: Polygyny
  • 8. Offspring Care • Gestation is 8.5 months. • Low reproduction rate • Mother cares for baby, male does not participate. • Baby usually seen riding on the moms back.
  • 9. Communication • Live in dense forests so they communicate through vocalizations. • Mainly males vocalize. • Beating of the chest to show dominance • Young will whimper or cry to get attention of mother. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk2udXac7nU
  • 10. Gorilla sounds • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1y2fiLOVeg • MORE VIDEOS: Group Behavior • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF5S0uGG6tg
  • 11. References • “GorillaGorilla.” Primate Info Net Banner, pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/gorilla/behav. • “Mountain Gorilla Hero and Circle image_45487.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund, www.worldwildlife.org/photos/mountain-gorilla-and-baby. • “Gorilla Reproduction.” Gorilla Facts and Information, 1 Feb. 2017, www.gorillas-world.com/gorilla-reproduction/. • PICTURES • Baby gorilla: http://blog.zoo.org/2016/03/and-baby-gorillas-name-is.htm • Courtship: https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-tough-is- rwanda-gorilla-trek-which.html • Group: http://www.aboutrwanda.com/habituated-groups-in-rwanda/ • Other pictures found on WWF which is cited.