What is a mountain gorilla?
Mountain Gorilla, scientifically named Gorilla Beringei Berengei , is an endangered species of gorilla, which comes from the mountain regions of Africa. Mountain Gorilla was first identified by scientists at the beginning of the 20th century, founding national parks in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo Democratic Republic. It average more than £ 400 (181 kg) and can reach a height of 6 feet (1.8 m) in adulthood. Its source of food includes many succulent plants from which it receives most of the water intake. Foods such as trees, fruit and tree bark are abundant in their native location.
, led by a dominant adult man known as Silverback, the community of mountain gorillas is referred to as a unit. Soldiers will have about 25 members, including men, women and their descendants. Silverback is responsible for leading the unit to food sources and SAFE -High -sized areas.
Like humans, mountain gorillas have been born after pregnancy for about nine months. Gorilla Baby Mountain weighs about 4 pounds (1.8 kg) at birth and several monthsHolds their mothers. After about four months, a young ride on her mother's back for another two to three years.
Mountain Gorillas are part of a group known as "large apes". This exclusive group of mammals, which also includes orangutan, chimpanzee and Bonobo, differ in appearance, but has many common features. Unlike monkeys, apes lack tails and are more intelligent than monkeys. The apes are larger in size and the brain of apes is larger and more developed than monkeys.
It was estimated that there were less than 1,000 mountain gorillas since 2011, which made this species one of the most endangered gorilla types in the wild. Pythaming is one of the leadership of Causes of the Mountain Gorilla. Adult women are killed to capture their children for selling on the black market. Mountain gorilla habitats were also at risk of agriculture, mining of logging and the increase in the human population.
moUnce Gorillas were identified by scientists as subspecies after the captain of the German army shot Robert von Beringe and in 1902 in the Sopedic Rwanda area gained a sample. The sample was sent to the Berlin Museum, where it has been confirmed that it is different from the eastern lowland gorillas or Grauer's gorillas. Mountain Gorilla was given the scientific name Gorilla Beringei Beringei in honor of Robert von Bering.