The estimated number of Mountain Gorillas in the wild is around 880. These animals can be found in Albertine Rift cloud forest, and the forests on the side of the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda, Burundi, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
There used to be an estimated 5000 mountain gorillas in the 1910's.
A. Depending on which species of Gorilla u r talking about, there are a few different habitats. Mountain Gorilla's live in a Mountain habitat, whereas the average Gorilla lives in a Rainforest area.
Gorillas - like all primates - are vertebrates.
There is approximately a little over 700 left in the wild.
Mountain gorillas are a very fascinating subspecies of the ape family. They are found in the mountains of Mexico and Honduras. They eat for 12 hours a day and spend the rest making babies and sleeping.
it is in tropical rainforests.
There are no gorillas in the Amazon Rainforest. They all live in Asia and on the surrounding islands.
In 1840 there were about 1000 mountain gorillas left.
The Virunga Mountains is the home of the endangered gorillas
The estimated number of Mountain Gorillas in the wild is around 880. These animals can be found in Albertine Rift cloud forest, and the forests on the side of the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda, Burundi, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Mountain gorillas and the Western Gorillas are two types of endangerd gorillas.
Gorillas live in many environments on the African continent. The rainforest is one of the areas that gorillas make their homes.
The differences between cross river gorillas and mountain gorillas are 1.Mountain gorilla live in mountains, cross river gorillas live in the lowlands. 2.Mountain gorillas are usually bigger and hairier. Those are the only differences i can think of right now.
She studied mountain gorillas in Africa.
Mountain gorillas and silverback gorillas are not the same, but they are closely related. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, specifically found in the Virunga Mountains of Central Africa. The term "silverback" refers to adult male gorillas, regardless of their subspecies, characterized by the silver hair on their backs that develops with maturity. Thus, while all silverback gorillas can be mountain gorillas, not all mountain gorillas are silverbacks, as females and younger males do not have this distinctive feature.
Mountain gorillas are disappearing mainly because of poaching and human encroachment.