Gorillini genus = Gorilla genus_authority = I. Geoffroy (Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire), 1852 type_species = Troglodytes gorilla (Western Gorilla) type_species_authority = Savage (Thomas S. Savage), 1847 subdivision_ranks = Species subdivision = Gorilla gorilla (Western Gorilla) Gorilla beringei (Eastern Gorilla) range_map = ZL_Gorilla_(genus).png range_map_caption = distribution of Gorilla synonyms = *Pseudogorilla Elliot, 1913

Gorillas are the largest of the living primates. They are ground-dwelling and predominantly herbivorous. They inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2008) either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is 98%-99% identical to that of a human (human evolutionary genetics), and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the two chimpanzee species.

Gorillas live in tropical or subtropical forests. Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The Mountain Gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift (Albertine Rift montane forests) montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Virunga Mountains), ranging in altitude from convert2200-4300mft. Lowland Gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level.