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GENUS OF LARGE AFRICAN APES
Gorillas; Silverback; Gorillinae; Gorrila; Silverback gorilla; Gorrilla; Gorila; Gorilla (genus); Gorllia; Silverbacks; Silver back; Silver backs; Silver-back; Silver-backs; Blackback; Blackbacks; Black-back; Black-backs; Blackback gorilla; Gorilla communication; Social behavior of gorillas; Reproductive behavior of gorillas; Gorilline; 🦍; Evolution of gorillas; Sexual behavior of gorillas; Poaching of gorillas; Tool use by gorillas; Gorrillas; Nature of gorillas; Gorilla behaviour; Draft:Gorille
  • Drawing of a gorilla who has killed a hunter and destroyed his shotgun, as narrated by [[Paul Du Chaillu]], 1861
  • Drawing of French explorer [[Paul Du Chaillu]] at close quarters with a gorilla
  • Male gorilla skull
  • Gorilla foraging
  • Silverback gorilla
  • [[Western gorilla]] (''Gorilla gorilla'') and [[eastern gorilla]] (''Gorilla beringei'')
  • Gorilla night nest constructed in a tree
  • Gorillas moving in habitat
  • Young gorilla riding on mother
  • A female gorilla exhibiting tool use by using a tree trunk as a support whilst fishing herbs
  • Eastern lowland gorilla in the [[Kahuzi-Biega National Park]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
  • Mother gorilla with 10-day-old infant
  • Young gorilla climbing
  • Silverback with female
  • Gorilla at zoo

silverback         
Elderly driver.
That silverback can't even see over the steering wheel.
Silverback         
·noun The Knot.
silverback         
¦ noun a mature male mountain gorilla, which is distinguished by an area of white or silvery hair across the back and is the dominant member of its social group.

Wikipedia

Gorilla

Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, from 95 to 99% depending on what is included, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after chimpanzees and bonobos.

Gorillas are the largest living primates, reaching heights between 1.25 and 1.8 metres, weights between 100 and 270 kg, and arm spans up to 2.6 metres, depending on species and sex. They tend to live in troops, with the leader being called a silverback. The Eastern gorilla is distinguished from the Western by darker fur colour and some other minor morphological differences. Gorillas tend to live 35–40 years in the wild.

Gorillas' natural habitats cover tropical or subtropical forest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although their range covers a small percentage of Sub-Saharan Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200 to 4,300 metres (7,200 to 14,100 ft). Lowland gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.

There are thought to be around 316,000 western gorillas in the wild, and 5,000 eastern gorillas. Both species are classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN; all subspecies are classified as Critically Endangered with the exception of the mountain gorilla, which is classified as Endangered. There are many threats to their survival, such as poaching, habitat destruction, and disease, which threaten the survival of the species. However, conservation efforts have been successful in some areas where they live.

Pronunciation examples for silverback
1. Beautiful silverback gorilla.
A Plea to Photographers - Use Your Words _ Alan Shapiro _ Talks at Google
2. this blue silverback rolling in front of me.
Beautiful Whale _ Bryant Austin _ Talks at Google
3. And right before I shot this photo, the large silverback,
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4. And the silverback went right in front of me.
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5. being attacked by a swarm of silverback gorillas
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Examples of use of silverback
1. Kuja, a silverback patriarch, was breathing isofluorine.
2. The adult male silverback grunts somewhere off to the side of you.
3. Frist smiled and spoke unremarkably from the lectern, reeking of silverback testosterone.
4. Each gorilla group or family is headed by an adult male silverback.
5. The firm has formed an alliance with successful specialist US hedge fund manager Silverback Asset Management.