Chimpanzee vs Gorilla: An In-depth Comparison
Gorillas and chimpanzees are the top choice for people who enjoy primates. People travel from all over the world to witness these primates in their natural habitat. These ape safaris have surely grown to be among the most popular activities in Africa.
An extreme closeup portrait of the alpha male chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda.
Gorillas are among the closest relatives of humans in the animal kingdom. They are shy but compassionate beings. It’s amazing to observe and study these creatures.
Numerous behavioral and anatomical parallels between gorillas and humans have been found by researchers studying the primates. They can be found in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, two of Uganda’s tropical woods. They are located in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.
Gorillas reside in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kahuzi-Beiga and Virunga national parks.
Chimpanzees are our closest living cousins, sharing 97% of our DNA. Along with gorillas and orangutans, chimpanzees are members of the Hominidae family of large apes. Chimpanzees are forest dwellers across all of equatorial Africa. Chimpanzees are social animals who live in groups of up to 100 individuals.]
Gorillas Vs Chimpanzees
In East Africa, gorillas and chimpanzees are two of the most sought-after species for visitors, especially in Rwanda’s “Land of Thousand Hills” and Uganda’s “Pearl of Africa.”
In these two areas, primates inhabit their natural habitats: those of the mountain gorilla and chimpanzee species. Unfortunately, travelers cannot see these massive apes without hiking and tracking since they live in a habitat that is exclusive to primates.
Many similarities between the two species of primates are usually apparent to them, and occasionally this can lead to a mix-up between gorillas and chimpanzees or gorillas and gorillas. By emphasizing these distinctions, this article hopefully helps visitors make the right decision when they go see gorillas and chimpanzees on their next trip.
Mountain Gorilla
Because humans and chimpanzees share approximately 98% of their DNA, humans and gorillas are closely related. There is only one difference between them and their genus and tribe of living, but they are both members of the primate order. Because of the differences in their life, they have more in common than not.
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Differences: Gorillas Vs Chimpanzees
Body Appearance
Compared to mountain gorillas, chimpanzees are smarter. Mountain gorillas usually weigh twice as much as chimpanzees. Are the muscles, limbs, and chests of mountain gorillas more pronounced than those of chimpanzees?
Generally speaking, gorilla faces are black, while chimpanzee faces are pink. The ears on top of mountain people’s heads are little, while those on chimpanzees’ skulls are huge and protrude.
Intelligence Species- Brain Size
Chimpanzees are smarter than mountain gorillas, despite their diminutive size. And for that reason, chimpanzees are smarter than gorillas. Mountain gorillas do not benefit as much from canning and energetic animals as chimpanzees do.
Body strength
It’s common knowledge that mountain gorillas are extraordinarily powerful creatures capable of lifting heavy loads. In fact, we warn guests against endangering gorillas since they can retaliate by stomping victims into serious harm or even death.
Chimpanzees are not very strong animals, but they usually utilize their intellect to fight or overcome more difficult hurdles. Remember that gorillas are thought to be peaceful creatures that rarely cause conflict. These animals do not take pleasure in causing trouble, in contrast to aggressive and mischievous chimpanzees that form alliances to fight rivals till death.
Social Structures
Although both gorillas and chimpanzees are social creatures, chimpanzees are more so than gorillas. While orangutans live in large communities of 10 to more than 50 individuals, chimpanzees live in smaller groups of between 10 to 40 people.
Lifespan –Gorillas and Chimpanzees
It is well known that chimpanzees live shorter lives than gorillas. In a sense, gorillas can expect to live 35 to 50 years or longer in the wild, whereas chimpanzees normally only survive 33 years.
Height
The largest living primates are gorillas, which are larger than chimpanzees, which weigh between 32 and 62 kg and stand up to a height of about 1.7 meters.
Face Color
Unlike mountain gorillas, which are black in appearance, chimpanzees have more pinkish faces.
Habitats
Both gorillas and chimpanzees live in forests; however, mountain gorillas live higher up in tropical rainforests, whereas chimpanzees live lower down. Put otherwise, on any monkey trekking expedition, finding mountain gorillas will take longer than finding chimpanzees, but the latter will find them more quickly.
Gorillas spend the most of their time on the ground, in contrast to chimpanzees, who frequently reside in trees. However, gorillas are also terrestrial animal species.
Leadership in Social Circles
A single silverback known as the dominant male leads the group, which is made up completely of females and their young. Mountain gorillas often live in groups of ten to fifty individuals. 
With the exception of males, the young can drive the parents away once they are mature enough to care for themselves. Chimpanzees, on the other hand, usually live in groups with many of males who are willing to assume the lead when needed.
Offspring’s
Gorillas and chimpanzees can only have one young at a time. A newborn carried by a mountain gorilla lasts 8.5 months, compared to eight months for chimpanzees. Female chimpanzees give birth to one child every five years, in line with the two-year child-birth cycle of mountain gorillas.
Food
Both primates are herbivores, mostly eating plants and fruit. Chimpanzees are omnivores because, in contrast to gorillas, which are herbivores, they occasionally eat insects and small animals.
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Similarities
Chimpanzees and gorillas are examples of primates. The two monkeys are members of the family Hominidae. Remarkably, they are both endangered species. Their toes are long and strong, and their fingers are tightly closed.
Moreover, both gorillas and chimpanzees are intelligent creatures. They both have human-like features and share 95–99% of our DNA. They both had enormous chests. Only Africa is their natural environment.
Preferred Habitat and Geographic Location
Africa is home to gorillas and chimpanzees, especially in the tropical areas with an abundance of trees and other vegetation. Generally speaking, gorillas are found in far more remote areas than chimpanzees. Due to their strong territorial and protective impulses, these primates also dislike living in close proximity to one another.
Chimpanzees, on the other hand, inhabit more arid and dry environments, such as forested savannahs. Only moist jungles, typically found on remote mountains, are home to gorillas. Chimpanzees obviously need more territory to survive than gorillas, as evidenced by the fact that they frequently congregate in huge groups.
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