He was a Western lowland gorilla — a subspecies of the great apes found in Africa and listed as critically endangered — and because of his mature age he was a silverback, after the gray hair ...

Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei ... often called a silverback because of the swath of silver hair that adorns his otherwise dark fur.

April 5, 2023 Bokito at the age of 20. Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Bokito at the age of 20. Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Silverback gorilla Bokito, who caused headlines around the world after escaping ...

When wildlife cameraman, Vianet Djenguet, was invited to film the gradual process of a gorilla family getting ... Djenguet met the silverback at the invitation of conservationists in DR Congo's ...