Western Lowland Gorilla Population 2025. The two gorilla species—the eastern and western gorilla—live in equatorial africa, separated by about 560 miles of congo basin forest. Nigeria, too, is home to the cross river gorilla and the western lowland gorillas, with sanctuaries like afi mountain wildlife sanctuary, mbe mountains, and the okwangwo division of cross river national park dedicated to their protection.
Populations can be found in cameroon, the central african republic, the democratic republic. Miners in the area eat gorilla meat;