CROSS RIVER

GORRILA
MORE INFORMATION AT:

WORLD WILD LIFE (WWF)

by: M Azeem Izdihar

WHAT IS IT? HOW CAN
THE CROSS RIVER GORILLA IS A
SUBSPECIES OF THE WESTERN
GORILLA. THERE ARE CURRENTLY
WE HELP?
ONLY 200-300 CROSS RIVER
JOIN WWF AND SPEAK UP FOR
GORILLAS LEFT IN THE WILD,
SPECIES AND PLACES
MAKING THEM THE MOST
THROUGH WWF'S ACTION
ENDANGERED GREAT APE IN
CENTER
AFRICA
MAKE A SYMBOLIC GORILLA
ADOPTION AND SUPPORT
CROSS RIVER GORILLAS ARE
WWF'S CONSERVATION
SCATTERED IN AT LEAST 11
EFFORTS
GROUPS ACROSS THE LOWLAND
MONTANE FORESTS AND
RAINFORESTS OF CAMEROON
AND NIGERIA, AN AREA OF 3,000
SQUARE MILES, OR ABOUT TWICE
THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND. FACTS
CROSS RIVER GORILLAS EAT
MORE LIANA (A WOODY VINE)
AND TREE BARK THROUGHOUT
WHAT IS THE POPULATION: 200 TO 300
INDIVIDUALS
SCIENTIFIC NAME: GORILLA
THE YEAR. LEAVES, NUTS, AND
BERRIES FROM VARIOUS PLANT
SPECIES COMPLEMENT THEIR
PROBLEM? GORILLA DIEHLI
HEIGHT: 4 TO 5 ½ FEET WHEN
STANDING ON TWO FEET
MEAL PLAN. WEIGHT: UP TO 440 POUNDS
THE MAIN REASONS FOR
ENDANGERMENT OF THE CROSS
RIVER GORILLA ARE POACHING,
HABITAT DESTRUCTION, AND A
LOSS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY
THROUGH INBREEDING.

THE HUNTING AND KILLING OF

GORILLAS IS ILLEGAL IN
CAMEROON AND NIGERIA, BUT
ENFORCEMENT OF WILDLIFE
LAWS IS OFTEN LAX.

FOLLOWING CONSERVATION
EFFORTS, HUNTING HAS
DECLINED TO A LOW LEVEL, BUT
ANY AMOUNT OF GORILLA
KILLING WILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT AN
ALREADY SMALL POPULATION.
by: M Azeem Izdihar