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	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered animals in the world.
		The names of the two subspecies reflect their habitat: lowland gorillas live in the lowland forests, while mountain gorillas live at high elevations, 10,000 feet or higher on the slopes of volcanoes.
		The gorillas also were killed intentionally for their meat and parts; gorilla hands and heads were sold as souvenirs to tourists.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_gorilla.htm (1172 words)

	Mountain Gorilla Stamps
		This stamp of the mountain gorilla is one of sixteen on a souvenir sheet depicting endangered species of the world.
		This stamp of the mountain gorilla is one of six on a souvenir sheet depicting endangered African wildlife.
		This souvenir sheet depicts a mountain gorilla eating a leaf on a background of a mother gorilla and her child.
	www.pibburns.com /cryptost/mgorilla.htm (1133 words)

	Mountain Gorilla -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife
		Of the three subspecies of gorilla, the mountain gorilla is the largest and rarest.
		Male mountain gorillas reach an average of 6 feet tall (when standing upright) and weigh 400 to 500 pounds, making them the largest of the great apes (chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas).
		The dense, forest ecosystems of the mountains of East Africa are the last remaining habitat of the mountain gorilla.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/mountain_gorilla.html (335 words)

	Mountain Gorilla
		The largest of the apes, the Mountain Gorilla is a highly intelligent and gentle creature.
		Gorillas spend almost all of their day on the forest floor in small family groups eating leaves and stems of trees, and take a nap at midday.
		Gorillas don't move around much, and even make their nests right on the ground.
	www.pbs.org /kratts/world/africa/gorilla (257 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Mountain Gorilla
		Most gorillas live in inaccessible regions in various dense forests in tropical Africa, and one subspecies, the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), was not even known to science until 1902.
		Mountain gorillas are confined to four national parks, separated into two forest blocks no more than 45 kilometers (28 miles) apart and comprising approximately 590 sq km (228 sq mi) of afromontane and medium altitude forest.
		It is perhaps surprising that an animal as large and strong as the mountain gorilla is primarily an herbivore.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/mountaingorilla (736 words)

	Mountain Gorilla facts
		Gorillas have strong attachments to members of their own group and even when groups meet and mingle and then subsequently part, each animal tends to remain with its respective unit.
		Gorillas scream, grab foliage and stuff it in their mouths, stand erect on their hind legs, tear up and throw plants, drum on the chest with hands or fists, stamp their feet, strike the ground with the palms of their hands and gallop in a mock attack on all fours.
		Gorillas are susceptible to various parasites and diseases, especially to pneumonia during the long, cold wet seasons.
	www.outtoafrica.nl /animals/enggorilla.html?zenden=2&subsoort_id=1&bestemming_id=1 (752 words)

	Mountain Gorilla, Article by Adrian Warren - page 1 of 6
		Mountain gorillas live in two isolated populations, one in the Virunga volcanoes which sprawl across the borders of Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda in Central Africa, and the other in the Bwindi National ("Impenetrable") forest in Uganda.
		Mountain gorillas may live for thirty-five to forty years, reaching sexual maturity between the ages of eight and eleven.
		In the gorillas' social structure where the breeding in any one group is almost exclusively by a single silverback male, periodic movement of females between groups is essential to ensure genetic variety and to prevent inbreeding, a peril in small populations.
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /data/articles/gorilla_p1.html (1062 words)

	Primates: Gorilla Facts - National Zoo\| FONZ
		In comparison to the mountain gorilla, the western lowland gorilla has a wider and larger skull and the big toe of the western lowland gorilla is spread apart more from the alignment of his other four toes.
		Mountain gorillas, the rarest of the subspecies, hang on in mountain forests (up to 11,000 feet) at the borders of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		Gorillas are primarily herbivorous, eating the leaves and stems of herbs, shrubs, and vines.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Primates/Facts/FactSheets/Gorillas/default.cfm (1888 words)

	AWF: Orphan Mountain Gorilla Confiscated from Poachers by Rwandan Authorities
		In late December 2004, a young mountain gorilla was confiscated from four poachers by Rwandan police and the Rwandan Office of Tourism and Parks (ORTPN), during an undercover operation to intercept an illegal poaching incident.
		The young gorilla, estimated to be between 3 and 4 years of age, appears to be in relatively good physical health, though the odds of survival are unfavorable.
		This incident is a bitter reminder of the vulnerability of the endangered mountain gorilla population.
	www.awf.org /content/headline/detail/1234 (730 words)

	Eastern gorilla - Gorilla beringei: More Information - ARKive
		Gorillas are quadrupedal, walking on the knuckles of their forelimbs and the soles of their feet (5).
		The mountain gorilla occurs mainly within national parks (2) and in some areas is protected by armed guards to prevent poaching.
		Gorillas in the Virunga region have been studied and protected for many decades and are now seen as an important source of tourist revenue (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Gorilla_beringei/more_info.html (769 words)

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		Mountain gorilla social units usually consist of one dominant silverback (the leader), one or two fl-backed sub-adult males, several adult females, and up to ten offspring, juveniles and infants.
		Mountain gorillas have a home range of between five and 30 square kilometers (1.9 to 11.6 square miles) in which they feed on stems, shoots, fruits, bark, bamboo, wild celery and ants, snails and slugs.
		Mountain gorillas are threatened by habitat loss due to logging for subsistence agriculture and commercial purposes.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=26509 (780 words)

	Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project to become its own nonprofit - October 15, 2005
		The MGVP is the only project that provides health care and lifesaving medical procedures to wild mountain gorillas in their native habitats, according to the foundation and the zoo.
		The Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project was begun at the urging of the late researcher Dian Fossey, famous for her passionate dedication to the plight of wild mountain gorillas.
		Mountain gorillas are currently the only species of great apes whose population is on the rise.
	www.avma.org /onlnews/javma/oct05/051015n.asp (423 words)

	Gorillas Online: Gorilla Natural History and Conservation
		Gorillas are primarily vegetarians, and large quantities of food are needed to sustain their massive bulk.
		In adulthood, the western lowland gorilla is greyish or brownish; the lighter saddle extends to the thighs and is not sharply defined from the rest of the coat; in Gorilla beringei graueri, the fur is fairly short, but in Gorilla beringei beringei, it is long and silkly.
		The goal of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is to ensure the conservation of mountain gorillas and their regional afromontane forest habitat in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
	homepage.mac.com /wildlifeweb/gorillas/info/nh.html (2991 words)

	Gorilla
		Mountain gorilla - the Virunga volcanoes region in eastern Zaire, Rwanda and Uganda.
		Gorilla parents protect their offspring at all times, so the young apes are able to spend their 'childhood' eating, sleeping and playing.
		The mountain gorilla is under the greatest threat with fewer than 650 existing in the wild.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/gorilla.html (1397 words)

	The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International: Mountain Gorilla Life Facts
		The mountain gorillas studied by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International live in the Virunga Volcano mountains, which are spread across the borders between Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.
		Other animals that live in the forest with the mountain gorillas are duikers (a kind of deer), antelope, tree hyraxes (a small furry animal related to the elephant), golden monkeys, and forest buffalo.
		Mountain gorillas eat mostly plants like celery, nettles, bamboo and thistles, and they are quite particular about what parts of each plant they like to eat.
	www.gorillafund.org /mountain_gorillas/life_facts.php (1351 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
		Deeply impressed with the region and the gorillas, Akeley later led a success-ful campaign for the estab-lishment of a sanctuary for mountain gorillas.
		Gorillas are highly social animals, typically forming groups of 5 to 10 animals, but sometimes num- bering as many as 35.
		Of the three subspecies of gorillas, the mountain gorilla is the most highly endangered.
	www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/Endangered/gorilla/gorilla.html (772 words)

	WWF - Mountain gorilla
		Around 700 mountain gorillas survive in the wild, split almost evenly between two locations: the Virunga range of volcanic mountains on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda, and in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
		Indeed, there were fears that the mountain gorilla would become extinct in the same century it was discovered.
		WWF's 30 years of work to save the mountain gorilla and its forest habitat in the cloud-shrouded mountains in the very heart of Africa represents one of its longest-running flagship species programmes.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/great_apes/gorillas/mountain_gorilla/index.cfm (303 words)

	Mountain Gorilla - A Charismatic Giant Under Siege (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gorillas are colossal afro-anthropoids with characteristic long forelimbs, and are known for their classic chest thumping.
		Gorilla gorilla gorilla, also known as the western lowlands gorilla, is the most populous sub-species and has its origins in West Africa.
		Gorilla gorilla graueri, the eastern lowland gorilla, is found in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -formerly Zaire.
	www.africa-vacations.com /mountain-gorilla.html (2491 words)

	Kumuka Worldwide - Uganda - Mountain Gorilla Tours and Treks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is also accepted however that tourism brought in by the gorillas helps to preserve them from poachers as the money generated by these visits contributes to the local economies and protection of the mountain gorillas.
		Mountain gorillas have been found to live as high as 3,500 metres in the mountains.
		Mountain gorillas live in families of about eight and ten, although a group as large as 30 gorillas was once recorded.
	www.kumuka.com /Content.aspx?pageName=Mountain-Gorilla-Treks-Tours-Uganda (517 words)

	Animal Info - Gorilla
		Gorillas are diurnal, with nearly all activity occurring between 6:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening.
		A population of gorillas in the vicinity of Mt. Kahuzi in
		Gorillas construct rough platforms, or nests, for sleeping at night or for rest during the day, either in a tree or on the ground.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/primate/gorigori.htm (3679 words)

	Mountain Gorilla
		The oldest mountain gorilla that we know of in the wild lived to be 35 years of age.
		The mountain gorilla's habitat is the tropical forest, or jungle.
		Many groups are trying very hard to save the mountain gorilla, but war and habitat destruction are taking their toll.
	www.iwrc-online.org /kids/Facts/Mammals/m_gorilla.htm (385 words)

	Safari Guide: Mountain Gorilla (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are three subspecies of Gorillas: the Western Lowland Gorilla, the Eastern Lowland Gorilla, and the Mountain Gorilla.
		Mountain gorillas have a long and silky coat of a blue-fl to brownish gray color.
		Mountain gorillas live in the border region of Zaire, Rwanda and Uganda in forests between 2,800 and 3,400 meters (9,200-11,200 ft), where the landscape is composed of massive trees of a few species and dense undergrowth.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /animals/gorilla.htm (441 words)

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		The fragile rhythms of gorilla life continue as families play, lovingly interacting with the newborn and young, foraging for tender bamboo shoots, and fighting for their lives.
		The eastern lowland gorilla is considered to be Endangered,a lower conservation classification than that for the mountain gorilla.
		However,the eastern lowland gorilla is currently facing the most serious threat as its numbers have plumeted within its limited geographical range of eastern DRC as a result of war, mining and bushmeat.
	www.lycos.com /info/gorilla--mountain-gorilla.html (607 words)

	Mountain Gorilla, Mountain Gorilla Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - ...
		Many conservation initiatives are meant to aid mountain gorillas, and it is believed that their numbers may be steady or slowly increasing.
		Gorillas can climb trees, but are usually found on the ground in communities of up to 30 individuals.
		Three female mountain gorillas and a male silverback were found shot dead this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /animals/mammals/mountain-gorilla.html (560 words)

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		Gorilla pictures: Adult mountain gorillas are fl in color, with relatively long, silky hair.
		Gorilla pictures: gorillas walk on all fours, with the weight of their upper bodies carried on the backs of their knuckles.
		Gorilla pictures show infants cling upside down holding onto the long chest hairs of their mother until they are about four months old.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13137 (809 words)

	Mountain Gorilla Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Mountain gorillas are large, quiet, shy apes that live in a few isolated mountain forests in Africa.
		Like all gorillas, they live in small groups (or bands) of 6-7 individuals, including one silverback (adult male), a few females, and their young.
		Gorillas have a very large head with a bulging forehead, a crest on top (larger on males), tiny ears, and small, dark-brown eyes.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/apes/gorilla/Mtgorillaprintout.shtml (243 words)

	Mountain Gorilla, Mountain Gorilla Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These gorillas live on the green, volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—areas that have seen much human violence from which the gorillas have not escaped unscathed.
		Many conservation initiatives are meant to aid mountain gorillas, and it is believed that their numbers may be steady or slowly increasing.
		Gorillas can climb trees, but are usually found on the ground in communities of up to 30 individuals.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /animals/mammals/mountain-gorilla.html (538 words)

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