Animal directory
Western Lowland Gorilla
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Western Lowland Gorilla.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Gorilla gorilla gorilla
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Critically endangered
- Status code
- CR
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Tropical, Wetlands
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-08-18
- Status groups
- Critically endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Hominidae
- Tax genus
- Gorilla
- Tax order
- Primates
- Wild population
- 230,000 - 260,000
- Wild population count
- 230000
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 3
- Barrier height
- 3 m
- Climb proof
- Yes
- Water barrier
- Yes
- Temp min
- 18 °C
- Temp max
- 33 °C
- Area land min
- 1160 m²
- Area land
- 1,160 m² + 80 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- 40 m² + 20 m² per extra animal
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 15 m² per animal
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 15-100%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Short Grass 20-100%, Sand 0-20%, Soil 10-80%, Rock 0-40%
- Water barrier depth
- 2 m
- Water barrier width
- 6 m
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 3-6 (up to 1 male, up to 5 females)
- Life expectancy
- 35-60 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-6
- Bachelor males
- 1-6
- Breeding difficulty
- Average
- Gestation
- 9 months
- Gestation months
- 9 months
- Group name
- Troop
- Interbirth
- 60 months
- Interbirth months
- 60 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Maturity age
- 10 years
- Maturity years
- 10 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 44 years
- Sterility years
- 44 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Leafy Greens and Vegetables, Nutritionally Complete Biscuits
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Albino
- Dominance
- 1 alpha male per group
- Enrichment
- Bobbin, Bobbin Drum, Curio Ball, Mirror Mobile, Musical Keyboard, Rubber Duck, Small Ball, Small Ice Ball, Tyre
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m, Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m, Block of Frozen Fruit, Fixed Roller Feeder - Large, Forage Box, Fruit Spike Tree, Melon Feeder, Tool Puzzle Feeder
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- All offspring
- Size female
- 1.5 m
- Size male
- 1.67 m
- Size max
- 1.67 m
- Size measure
- Standing height
- Temperature
- 18 to 33°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small
- Weather dislikes
- Rain and snow
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 9 kg
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 4 objects or plants with the Climbable tag; Western Lowland Gorilla Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 6 objects or plants with the Rocks tag; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 5: Water Surface Area; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Family Group | Mixed group | 1 male, 3 to 4 females |
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
Western Lowland Gorilla2
Barriers at this grade3
Feeders8
Enrichment items9
Water sources1
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries117
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- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Wire Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bobbin (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Fruit Spike Tree (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Species that count · Jungle Beat (Used by / linked from)
- Has research · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Musical Keyboard (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Block of Frozen Fruit (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Wood Logs (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Mirror Mobile (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Forage Box (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Musical Keyboard (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Bobbin (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Tetanus (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tyre (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Wood Logs (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
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- Western lowland gorilla · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Curio Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Requires / provides)
- Western lowland gorilla · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Wire Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Tool Puzzle Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Curio Ball (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Wire Netting (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bobbin (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tool Puzzle Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Mirror Mobile (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
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- Animals in this biome · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Block of Frozen Fruit (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Curio Ball (Used by / linked from)
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- Used by species · Tool Puzzle Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
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- Research levels · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Fruit Spike Tree (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Musical Keyboard (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Musical Keyboard (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Mirror Mobile (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Forage Box (Used by / linked from)
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- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Bobbin (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Forage Box (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Glass (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Tool Puzzle Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Bobbin Drum (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Bordetellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Glanders (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Wood Logs (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Block of Frozen Fruit (Requires / provides)
- Has release groups · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Mirror Mobile (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Curio Ball (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Requires / provides)
- Valid release groups · Western Lowland Gorilla (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Bobbin Drum (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Bobbin Drum (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · Western Lowland Gorilla (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Block of Frozen Fruit (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Forage Box (Requires / provides)
Sources47
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