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Mountain Gorilla Infant
Gorilla beringei beringei
-1.03604, 29.7194
Field Notes
Description:
males reach 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) in height, with an arm span of 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) and weigh 220 kg (490 lb). The tallest silverback recorded was a 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) individual shot in Alimbongo, northern Kivu in May 1938, though there's an unconfirmed record of another individual, shot in 1932, that was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall (Carwardine 1995). The heaviest was a 1.83 m (6 ft) silverback shot in Ambam, Cameroon which weighed about 266 kg (590 lb).
Habitat:
montane rainforest
Notes:
I did gorilla tracking in Bwindi National park. We only had to hike for about an hour to find the Habiyanja Family, the largest habituated group in the park, consisting of about 20 animals. Permits are only valid for an hour once you find the group. It was amazing to be around the mountain gorillas. I tried to balance taking photos and just relaxing and appreciating the fact I was in the presence of one of the most endangered large mammals in the world.
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