Their toes, fingers, and soles are also body parts that aren’t cover in coarse black hair. Great apes are a WWF priority species. The Gorilla. Gibbons can also make jumps from one to another tree, within a distance up to 8 m (26 ft). Did you know that there are 5 different types of apes (6 if we include humans)? Gorillas are highly intelligent creatures, often presented in popular culture, mostly in movies and television. In the wild, there are approximately 200,000 individuals chimpanzees. Orang-utans. Gorillas are the largest of the primates and are close genetic relatives of chimpanzees and humans. They are popular in Western culture, often presented as clown figures. They are also various(ly) described as having silver backs and even snouted faces (uncommon). Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. They are, however, far less known outside of the world of creature-seeking. The human infections coincided with a large-scale die-off of great apes in the region. There are about 170,000 to 300,000 individuals of this species living across the wide range in sub-Saharan Africa. However, whereas there are many similarities in the biology, life history, and behavior of humans and great apes, there are also many striking differences that need to be explained. Orangutans, just like gorillas, are often presented in western cinematography, arts, and literature. Their population in the wild ranges from 30,000 to 50,000 individuals. Two great apes are found in Central Africa, the area currently affected by Ebola: western lowland gorilla and the central chimpanzee. WWF treats priority species as one of the most ecologically, economically and/or culturally important species on our planet. These cookies do not store any personal information. Five African great apes (western and eastern chimpanzee, bonobo, Grauer’s gorilla, mountain gorilla) inhabit areas In fact, modern chimps and gorillas do not appear in the fossil records until much more recently than homo sapiens, and each of the great ape species, except the bonobo and the chimp who only recently separated about 1 million years ago, developed for millions of years after parting with each other on the evolutionary family tree. They are one of the most intelligent primates with an ability to use different sets of tools, to learn efficiently, and to show emotions. The human infections coincided with a large-scale die-off of great apes in the region. They are capable of learning a sign language, they can learn to use tools, and they have strong emotions. As killed for meat in many areas of west and central Africa, and their body parts are used in some traditional medicines. The habitats of great apes and lesser apes are very limited. Until recently, very little has been heard of these apes, as apparently they were only reported in the West as late as 1996, and the Wikipedia article claims Jane Goodall was able to send in an expedition to find them in 2004, at a time when there must have been a lull in the local warfare that has plagued the region for years. Another trait that makes humans different in many ways from other great apes is an unusually advanced capacity for language. Governments, International Organisations and Civil Society meet in Russia to make key decisions on wildlife trade, Pan paniscus (Bonobo); P. troglodytes (Chimpanzee); Gorilla beringei (Eastern Gorilla); G. gorilla (Western Gorilla), A few hundred to a few tens of thousands, depending on the subspecies, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf, semi deciduous and dry forests and montane woodlands in central Africa and southeast Asia. Gorillas are ground dwellers that are found mostly in the tropical forests of Africa. However, in traditional use, the term “apes” excludes humans. Chimpanzees are on the list of endangered animals. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent.