HOW TALL, HEAVY AND BIG IS A SILVERBACK GORILLA

How tall, heavy and Big is a silverback Gorilla, wild male Gorillas weighs 140 to 195 kg, the adult females weigh half of the adult males at 69-115 kg.

Adult males are 1.4 to 1.8 m tall, with an arm span that stretches from 2.3 to 2.6m.

HOW TALL AND HEAVY IS A SILVERBACK.

Gorilla males reach 1.7 m where as eastern lowland or Grauers Gorillas these are the tallest subspecies with a height of 1.75m.Mountain Gorilla males arm span is 2.25m and measures 1.50m.

Male western Gorillas weigh 145-165 kg, Male Mountain Gorillas 150-170kg and male Grauers gorillas are 160-a80kg.The free ranging Gorillas weigh more than 200kg which are usually rare. Females weigh between 70 and 110kg.

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