How to Use lowland gorilla in a Sentence

lowland gorilla

noun
  • This is the first time in five years a western lowland gorilla has been born at the zoo.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 30 May 2023
  • Western lowland gorillas feed on salt-rich roots of bai plants.
    — Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The western lowland gorilla, one of four subspecies of the great ape.
    — NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Western lowland gorillas may be found in the wild in six African countries, the zoo said.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • At 5 weeks, the young western lowland gorilla was seen to have two lower incisors.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 8 June 2018
  • What is a western lowland gorilla?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • In the wild, Western lowland gorillas might do it for a few seconds to reach food or wade into swamps.
    — David Caraccio, sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Among the other animals along the trail are meerkats and western lowland gorillas.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
  • The 350-pound western lowland gorilla's cause of death is not yet known, the zoo said in a news release.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • This is the first time in nine years that a male western lowland gorilla has been born at the National Zoo.
    — Lyndsey Matthews, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In the wild, Western lowland gorillas like Louis might do it for a few seconds to reach food or wade into swamps.
    — Bloomberg.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • In the last two decades, experts said, the number of western lowland gorillas in the wild has dropped by 60 percent.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Okie, a 24-year-old male Western lowland gorilla, is one of two new primates at the zoo.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Cassius was a male western lowlands gorilla, who was designated to breed with the zoo's two females.
    — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The number of wild western lowland gorillas worldwide has fallen sharply due to poaching and ebola.
    — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • Cassius was the zoo's 31-year-old dominant male lowlands gorilla.
    — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2018
  • The baby western lowland gorilla is female and shall, according to the zoo, be called Zahra.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
  • Below, groups of Gabon’s western lowland gorillas are being trained to be used to the sight of people in order to spur tourism.
    — Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Harambe was one of 10 western lowland gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo.
    — Keely Brown, The Enquirer, 26 May 2023
  • The death comes just weeks after Cassius, the zoo's 31-year-old breeding male lowlands gorilla, died.
    — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Of the 4,000 animals the zoo cares for, six are western lowland gorillas.
    — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Western lowland gorillas are an endangered species and are the smallest of the four gorilla subspecies.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned to speak sign language and had an affinity for kittens, died in her sleep Wednesday.
    — Sophia Rosenbaum, Time, 21 June 2018
  • Chimpanzees sleep and eat in the trees; western lowland gorillas feed on their bark and pulp; and okapi use the dense vegetation to evade predators and poachers alike.
    — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The infant western lowland gorilla with its mother, N'djia.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • With the zoo still closed Moke, the young western lowland gorilla, marked his third birthday Thursday without our presence.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Ozzie, a Western lowland gorilla, was found dead in his enclosure by his care team at the age of 61 on Tuesday.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The second cover, from 1985, showed the large western lowland gorilla cradling a kitten.
    — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 21 June 2018
  • The Mitumba Mountains, home to lowland gorillas, rise up before him.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 June 2026
  • To put into context, there are more rhinos, Western lowland gorillas, and African elephants in the wild than there are lions.
    — National Geographic, 18 July 2019

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