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Mountain gorilla

Gorilla beringei · Hominidae

Mountain gorilla
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The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.

Where the Mountain gorilla lives

Recorded in Uganda, Rwanda and Dem. Rep. Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Kisoro, Kanungu, Northern, Western, Kabale and Nord-Kivu.

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Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 944 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.