Order Primates Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 216 243 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353017 67397223-b7e8-4f7e-a41e-674d04843525 0-89327-235-3 7353017 Gorilla gorilla (Savage and Wyman, 1847) . Boston J. Nat. Hist., 5:417 . TYPE LOCALITY: Gabon , Gabon Estuary, Mpongwe country . DISTRIBUTION: S. E. Nigeria ; Cameroun ; Rio Muni ; Congo Republic ; Gabon ; N. and E. Zaire ; S. W. Uganda ; N. Rwanda . PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Pongidae and U.S. ESA - Endangered as G. gorilla . ISIS NUMBER: 5301406009002001001.