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Robert Ian Martin Campbell (October 29, 1930 – June 14, 2014) [1] was an English wildlife photographer and filmmaker known for his footage and photographs of Dian Fossey and mountain gorillas published in the January 1970 issue of National Geographic.
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla.It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018. [2]There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/East Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, in southwest Uganda; Volcanoes, in northwest Rwanda; and Virunga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Dian Fossey (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1]
Eastern gorillas join their sister species, the Western gorilla, and both species of orangutan which were already on the list as critically endangered. Red List: Hunting pushes Eastern gorillas ...
Grauer's gorilla has a shorter, thicker, deep black fur, while the mountain gorilla has a more bluish color. The mountain gorilla is slightly smaller and lighter than Grauer's gorilla, but still larger and heavier than the western lowland gorilla and the Cross River gorilla. [citation needed] Males are much larger than females. A full-grown ...
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Mount Mikeno lies completely within Virunga National Park and is known for the critically endangered mountain gorillas that live on its slopes. [5] Expeditions to observe Mikeno's gorillas typically leave from the nearby Bukima Patrol Post. [6] Mount Mikeno is the type locality of the yellow-crested helmetshrike Prionops alberti. [7]
Titus (24 August 1974 – 14 September 2009) was a silverback mountain gorilla of the Virunga Mountains, observed by researchers almost continuously over his entire life. He was the subject of the 2008 PBS Nature/BBC Natural World documentary film Titus: The Gorilla King.