Endangered species by Erica Elliott

The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla but nevertheless still a primate of exceptional size and strength. They possess no tails and have jet black skin along with coarse black hair that covers their entire body except for the face, ears, hands, and feet. The hair on the back and rump of males takes on a grey coloration and is also lost as they get progressively older. This coloration is the reason why older males are known as "silverbacks". Their hands are proportionately large with nails on all digits, similar to that of a human's, and very large thumbs. They have short muzzles, a prominent brow ridge, large nostrils, and small eyes and ears. Other features are large muscles in the jaw region along with broad and strong teeth..^[3]

A male standing erect can be 1.5–1.8 m (4 ft 11 in–5 ft 11 in) tall and weigh 140–270 kg (310–600 lb).^[4] According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the average male is 168 kg (370 lb) and stands upright at 163 cm (64 in).^[5] Males in captivity, however, are noted to be capable of reaching weights up to 275 kg (606 lb).^[3] Females stand 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall and weigh half as much as males.^[4] According to the late John Aspinall a silverback gorilla in his prime has the physical strength of seven or eight Olympic weightlifters, but this claim is unverified. Western gorillas frequently stand upright, but walk in a hunched, quadrupedal fashion, with hands curled and knuckles touching the ground. This style of movement requires long arms, which works for western gorillas because the arm span of gorillas is larger than their standing height. The average size of the male western lowland gorilla's reproductive organ is typically between 30–40 cm (12–16 in) inches long, and it stops growing after a few years of age.

Now for pandas!!!
When hunters like Theodore Roosevelt brought back pandas from

their trips, people began to become interested in capturing live pandas.

Some wealthy game hunters captured baby pandas

means, and brought them back to the United States and other countries.

People wanted to see these unusual and lovable bears. Between 1936

and 1946, 14 baby pandas had been captured and taken to zoos. The

Chinese government wanted to protect pandas, so the Chinese

government banned the hunting and capture of pandas. Although the

laws helped somewhat, poachers continued to hunt pandas illegally.

Although these laws protected pandas somewhat from hunters,

they did not protect pandas from other threats. At one time, pandas lived

all over southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Burma. However,

today, pandas only live in a few mountainous areas in China. This shift

came about when the population of China rapidly increased and people began to move into lands that had been inhabited by pandas.

How there alike and different
Both are endangerd both are mammals both are endangerd by humans pandas live in china .

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