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December 22, 1956
First gorilla born in captivity
On this day in 1956, a baby gorilla named Colo enters the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, becoming the first-ever gorilla born in captivity.... MORE >
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Two species are distinguished: western gorillas, G. gorilla, and eastern gorillas, G. beringei. Another western gorilla subspecies, the Cross River gorilla, G. g. diehli, has a . . .
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