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The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). It was named a new species in 1904 by Paul Matschie , a mammalian taxonomist working at the Humboldt University Zoological Museum in Berlin , but its populations were not systematically surveyed until 1987.
Mountain gorillas live in large family groups headed up by a dominant male gorilla known as a silverback due to the saddle of silver hair on the back of some of the older males.
A baby gorilla wearing a tiny T-shirt was discovered inside a small wooden crate at the Istanbul Airport before being subsequently rescued. ... international trade is illegal, except in very rare ...
Harambe (/ h ə ˈ r ɑː m b eɪ / hə-RAHM-bay; May 27, 1999 – May 28, 2016) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo.On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. [3]
Gorilla gorilla diehli Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli: 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Cameroon Nigeria 200–300 Critically Endangered [60] small, restricted range; habitat loss (agricultural encroachment, fires to clear forest or improve pasture, development activities [roads]) hunting (bushmeat, wire snares set for other wildlife)
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"The Largest Gorilla Ever Exhibited!" "The World's Most Terrifying Living Creature!" "The Largest and Fiercest Gorilla Ever Brought Before the Eyes of Civilised Man!" "The Only Full-Grown Gorilla Ever Seen On This Continent!" Regardless of the truth of these slogans, Gargantua attracted millions and single-handedly saved the circus. [6]
The baby was born to 23-year-old Kira and 20-year-old Vizuri and weighed 3.3 pounds and was just 15.7 inches tall.