The number of mountain gorillas is believed to have increased by 26.3% in the last seven years with an average of 3.7% annually, conservation efforts have greatly improved since 1981 when the census estimated only 254 individuals in the wild. Bwindi impenetrable forest national park has got half the mountain gorilla population. How many Mountain Gorillas are left?Īccording to research in 2018, there are only 1,004 mountain gorillas left in the wilderness compared to 2010 where the population was estimated to be 786 individuals. They entirely feed on vegetation though they sometimes supplement their diet with ants, insects and termites. Mountain gorillas live in groups of 5-30 members dominated by a silverback gorilla that makes the decisions in the group day to day activities. They live in higher elevations of volcanic mountains with thick and long fur that helps them adapt to the cold temperatures. Mountain gorillas share 98% DNA with humans making them close relatives with chimpanzees they have nose prints unique to each individual just like humans have thumbprints. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of Eastern gorillas that live in the Virunga range volcanoes straddling across Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo and Bwindi impenetrable forest national park in southwestern Uganda. Mountain gorillas were almost being extinct in the 19 th century but survived due to the conservation of efforts of the great American primatologist Dian Fossey who dedicated her life to the conservation of mountain gorillas that later on led to her death in 1986 from Rwanda.

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