What is Gorilla?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Gorilla'' | image = Gorille des plaines de l'ouest à l'Espace Zoologique.jpg | image_caption = Silverback male ''Western gorilla'' | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Hominidae]] | subfamilia = [[Homininae]] | tribus = [[Gorillini]] | type_species = ''[[Gorilla gorilla]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Thomas S. Savage|Savage]], 1847 | genus = '''''Gorilla''''' | range_map = ZL Gorilla (genus).png | range_map_caption = Distribution of gorillas }} [[File:WesternLowlandGorillaP2.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Female gorilla]] [[File:Gorilla gorilla skull.jpg|thumb|upright 1|[[Sexual dimorphism]] of the skull: adult male left, female right]] '''''Gorilla''''' is a genus of [[Homininae|African apes]] commonly known as '''gorillas'''. They are divided into two species, the [[western gorilla]] (''Gorilla gorilla'') and the [[eastern gorilla]] (''Gorilla beringei''). ==Behavior== Gorillas may be aggressive when attacked or provoked, but they are naturally gentle. They are generally [[herbivore]]s, which means that they eat plants. But they also eat [[insect]]s. ==Life span== A gorilla's [[lifespan]] in the [[wild]] is between 35 and 40 years, although zoo gorillas may live for 50 years or more because they have more [[food]] and [[health care]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.colszoo.org/news_room/press_releases/colo_queen_of_the_columbus_zoo_celebrates_year_55.aspx | title = Colo, Queen of the Columbus Zoo, celebrates year 55 | publisher = Columbus Zoo & Aquarium | date = 16 December 2011 | accessdate = 10 February 2012 | author = Wilson, J. | archive-date = 9 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120609101806/http://colszoo.org/news_room/press_releases/colo_queen_of_the_columbus_zoo_celebrates_year_55.aspx | url-status = dead}}</ref> ==Taxonomy== * Genus ''Gorilla'' ** [[Western gorilla]], ''Gorilla gorilla'' *** [[Western lowland gorilla]], ''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'' *** [[Cross River gorilla]], ''Gorilla gorill