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The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary and secondary forest and lowland swampland in central Africa in Angola (Cabinda Province), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 460 endangered avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 4% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
The tag of "possibly extinct" (PE) [26] is used by Birdlife International, the Red List Authority for birds for the IUCN Red List. [27] BirdLife International has recommended PE become an official tag for Critically Endangered species, and this has now been adopted, along with a "Possibly Extinct in the Wild" tag for species with populations ...
Western Lowland Gorillas Are 'Critically Endangered' According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the population of these Gorillas has been on a scary decline for decades ...
On January 18, 2020, an endangered western lowland gorilla was born at the Los Angeles Zoo, ... World of Birds Show: Birds of prey and other endangered birds perform ...
The Fort Worth Zoo has announced the birth of Jameela, its third gorilla baby and the first to be born via Cesarean section at the zoo. Fort Worth Zoo Western lowland gorillas are a critically ...
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 ...
According to a 2008 status report of the DR of Congo, the park had 125 lowland gorillas, a marked reduction from the figure of 600 gorillas of the pre-1990s conflict period, and consequently the species has been inscribed on the endangered list. The park is the last refuge of this rare primate. [8]