Male Mountain Gorilla (5 y.o.) - Bwindi Impenatrable Forest, Uganda

Description:

11 September 2009 - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda.5 year old male Mountain Gorilla / Berggorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), a subspecies (Bwindi variety) of the Eastern Gorilla / Oostelijke Gorilla (Gorilla beringei). The gorilla belongs to the Nkuringo group.Click a link and you'll go to the page for that rank in the biological classification on Schaapmans' Wildlife Spotting.Kingdom: Animalia; Animals / DierenrijkPhylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / GewerveldenClass: Mammalia; Mammals / ZoogdierenOrder: Primates; Primates / PrimatenSuborder: Haplorrhini; Tarsiers, Monkeys and Apes / Apen en SpookdierenInfraorder: Simiiformes; Simians / ApenParvorder: Catarrhini; Old World Monkeys and Apes / SmalneusapenSuperfamily: Hominoidea; Apes / MensapenFamily: Hominidae; Great Apes (incl. Humans) or Hominids / MensachtigenSubfamily: Homininae; Hominines / MensachtigenTribe: Gorillini; Gorillas / Gorilla'sGenus: Gorilla; Gorillas / Gorilla'sSpecies: Gorilla beringei; Eastern Gorilla / Oostelijke GorillaSubspecies: Gorilla beringei beringei; Mountain Gorilla (Bwindi) / Berggorilla (Bwindi)