By: Dontae’ Williams
∙Scientific Name: Gorilla beringei
∙Common Name: Mountain Gorilla
“Map of the location of Mountain Gorillas”
“Habitat”
• Virungas is surrounded by rich volcanic soil.
• Some habitats for Mountain Gorillas maybe tourist
attraction.
• Tropical Secondary and montane forests and east central
Africa.
“Behaviors”
• Male Gorillas expand there home territory, they overlap
extensively.(Watts 1994)
• The females usually join another group or with a single
male.
• Of all the great apes Gorilla show the most stable grouping
patterns.
• Gorilla groups can contain 40 to 50 gorillas.
“Reproduction”
• Gorilla start to breed around the age of 9.
• They mate any season.
• Infants die from the slow reproduction rates.( usually of
diseases).
• Female approach males to indicate they’re ready to
reproduce.
Why Are They Endangered?
• Gorillas are one of the most endangered animals in the
world.
• The are an estimate of 600 living in 2 populations of about
300 each.
• Gorillas was some what protected until the civil war and the
park protection disappeared.
• Most killing was by poachers.
• Gorillas was killed in snares, and were caught for there meat
and parts.
• There are only about 786 mountain gorillas that still remain
in the world.
How we can help?
• You can adopt a gorilla
•Go to AWF.org and donate money to their foundation.
“5 Questions”
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How many Gorillas can a group of gorillas can contain?
What killed almost all of the gorillas?
What kind of habitat do a gorilla live in?
How can we help the gorillas out?
When did the gorillas stop being protected as much as they
use to?
“Websites”
• www.yog2009.org
• www.outtaafrica.nl/animals/enggorilla.html
• www.worldwidelife.org/.../mountaingorilla/mountaingorilla
s.html
• www.awf.org/content/action/detail/4109
• www.bio.davison.edu