Gorilla Family - Asheboro (2014)

This is the gorilla family (late silverback: N'Kosi) currently living at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro (NC), United States.

 

Color Key - Black: males, red: females, grey: non-residents (with their current location) or deceased.

Arrows - Pointing from parents to their offspring.

 

Please note: N'Kosi had another offspring with Jamani, a stillborn male (d. 30-Jun-2011). — N'Kosi had two more offspring with Nia (* 1993) at the Columbus Zoo: an aborted female (d. 21-Apr-2003) and Dotty (b. 17-Apr-2004, Columbus). — N'Kosi arrived at the N.C. Zoo from the Columbus Zoo in March 2008, Jamani from the San Diego Zoo in January 2010. — The zoo's first baby gorilla, Kwanza, was born in March 1989. He was transferred in 1998 to Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.

 

This chart is based on the interactive online Gorilla Studbook by James R. Davis and the official International Studbook, published by Frankfurt Zoo. If you find a mistake, please let me know.

 

Image of N'Kosi (c) ucumari, image of Acacia (c) Max Block, image of Olympia (c) Tom Gillespie / NC Zoo, image of Acacia's baby (c) NC Zoo, image of Apollo (c) Windy Sawczyn, image of Bomassa (c) N.C. Zoo. If you are the owner of another image used for this chart please get in touch so I can give you credits.

 

For the meaning of the gorillas' names see the zoo's gorilla page, or have a look at their 2013 Gorilla Guide (pdf, right click to download).

 

See more family trees on Gorilla Genealogy.

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