20 Lovely Mountain Gorilla

mountain gorilla mountain gorilla gorillaThe world s smallest population of mountain gorillas a subspecies of the eastern gorilla is split in two and scientists have debated whether they may be two separate subspecies A bit more than half live in the Virunga Mountains a range of extinct volcanoes that border the Democratic Republic

wwf panda great apes gorillas mountain gorillaThe mountain gorilla became known to science on 17 October 1902 and is a subspecies of eastern gorilla It has longer hair jaws and teeth but slightly shorter arms than the other subspecies the eastern lowland gorilla mountain gorilla gorillas Seeing mountain gorillas in the wild is an incredible experience I have wonderful memories of infant gorillas playing with each other and rolly pollying down the mountain slopes and of the silverback male majestically sitting across from me using a soft grunting noise to keep check on the rest of his group style mountain gorillas htmlMountain gorillas live in families consisting of about 25 to 35 members with a leading male the silverback gorilla with many females and their young ones A baby Gorilla weighs 2 5kg at birth but its weight grows twice faster the growth of a human baby

gorillaMountain Gorilla About the Mountain Gorilla There are only several hundred mountain gorillas remaining on Earth and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains in central Africa mountain gorilla style mountain gorillas htmlMountain gorillas live in families consisting of about 25 to 35 members with a leading male the silverback gorilla with many females and their young ones A baby Gorilla weighs 2 5kg at birth but its weight grows twice faster the growth of a human baby gorillas mostly eat foliage such as leaves stems pith and shoots while fruit makes up a very small part of their diets Mountain gorilla food is widely distributed and neither individuals nor groups have to compete with one another Kingdom AnimaliaOrder PrimatesClass MammaliaFamily HominidaeEtymology Evolution and Physical characteristics Food and foraging