Western Lowland Gorilla | WWF - World Wildlife Fund The western lowland gorilla is the most numerous and widespread of all gorilla subspecies Populations can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo, with possibly some remnant populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The exact number of western lowland gorillas is not known because they inhabit some of the most dense
Gorillas | WWF - World Wildlife Fund The largest of the great apes, gorillas are stocky animals with broad chests and shoulders, large, human-like hands, and small eyes set into hairless faces The two gorilla species—the eastern and western gorilla—live in equatorial Africa, separated by about 560 miles of Congo Basin forest Each has a lowland and upland subspecies
What is gorilla habituation and how does it help conservation? Why habituate gorillas? Western lowland gorillas like Missiki are critically endangered In the past few decades, their population has dropped by an estimated 60%, mainly due to outbreaks of Ebola in their forests This, combined with human encroachment and poaching, has reduced their numbers, but not so in Dzanga-Sangha in the Central African Republic In fact, today there are reasons for
Gorilla Facts: Behavior, Diet, Behavior, Conservation | WWF These include the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), found in the forests of Central Africa, the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), a critically endangered subspecies living in a small region along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, the eastern gorilla lowland gorilla, or Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), which