Status Critically Endangered

Population Trend

Decreasing


Type

Mammal


Location(s)

Cameroon
Nigeria


Number of Individuals Remaining

100-250 mature individuals


Threats

Poaching and accidental snaring
Habitat loss and population fragmentation due to the conversion of forest for agriculture, grazing, and roads
Disease, possibly due to inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity




Where Joel Photographed the Cross River Gorilla
Limbe Wildlife Centre
Limbe, Cameroon



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