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)