Cross River Gorilla
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| Gorilla gorilla diehli (Matschie, 1904) |
The Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that can be found on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, in both tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. In contrast to the more common (but also Critically Endangered, due to Ebola virus and other factors) Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) the Cross River Gorilla is the most endangered of all the gorillas, and is the most endangered primate.
The Cross River Gorilla differs from the Western Lowland Gorilla in both skull and tooth dimensions.
Estimates on the number of Cross River Gorillas remaining vary, with around 250 to 300 believed to be remaining in the wild, in 9 to 11 populations that are isolated by farmlands. The nearest population of Western Lowland Gorilla is some 250 km away. Both loss of habitat and the increased popularity of bushmeat have contributed heavily to the decline of this subspecies.
References
- ^ Oates, J.F., Bergl, R.A., Sunderland-Groves, J. & Dunn, A. (2007). Gorilla gorilla ssp. diehli. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
External links
- ARKive - images and movies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
- Information on the Cross River Gorilla from the WWF
| The great apes | ||
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| Extant genera | Pongo · Gorilla · Pan · Homo |  |
| Extant species | Bornean Orangutan · Sumatran Orangutan · Western Gorilla · Eastern Gorilla · Common Chimpanzee · Bonobo · Human | |
| Great ape study | Aquatic ape hypothesis · Ape language · Ape Trust · Dian Fossey · Birutė Galdikas · Jane Goodall · Chimpanzee genome project · Human genome project | |
| Legal status | Personhood · Research ban · Declaration · Kinshasa Declaration · Great Ape Project · Survival Project | |
| See also... | Bushmeat · Ape extinction · List of notable apes · Human evolution | |
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