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Makara, the Dominant Male of the Habinyanja Group, Resides in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

Photo by Gonçalo Barriga (Paço de Arcos, Portugal); Photographed September 2012

The mountain gorilla is found only in two isolated populations - one in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and one in the Virunga Volcanoes region that overlaps Rowanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scientists estimate the eastern gorilla population, of which the mountain gorilla is a subspecies, will suffer a decline of over 50 percent over the course of three generations.

Status: Endangered


 

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