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The western lowland gorilla lives in the forests of equatorial Africa.
On August 5, 2008, researchers announced that they had discovered 125,000 of the gorillas deep in swampland in the north of the Republic of Congo. The discovery doubles the known population of lowland gorillas thought to be alive.Fox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
Fast Facts:
- Estimated population: 175,000 to 225,000Fox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- One of four gorilla subspeciesFox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature: All gorillas classified "endangered" or "critically endangered"
- Western Lowland Gorilla: On critically endangered listNPR: 'Mother Lode' Of Gorillas Found In Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- Threats to population: bush meat, deforestation, ebola virusFox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- Type: Mammal
- Diet: Omnivore
- Average lifespan in wild: 35 years
- Height 4 to 6 ft
- Weight: 150 to 400 pounds
- Group name: TroopNational Geographic: Lowland Gorilla
2008 Western Lowland Gorilla Census
- Census taken by Wildlife Conservation Society
- Numbers calculated by counting "sleeping nests"Fox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- Experts said the newly inflated numbers did not mean that the gorilla species was safe from risk of extinctionFox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- New estimated population: 175,000 to 225,000Fox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- Discovery described as "mother lode" and "spectacular"NPR: 'Mother Lode' Of Gorillas Found In Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
- Further independent research needed to confirm the new numbersFox News: Researchers Discover 125,000 Gorillas in Congo Forests(August 5, 2008)
Animal Discoveries
Scientists and researchers make new discoveries all the time. The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) publish a top ten list of newly discovered species each year. In 2008, for example, they introduced the world to the Electrolux Addisoni (AKA: Ornate sleeper ray),IISE: Number 1 – A Sleeper Ray with a Name that Sucks Desmoxytes purpurosea (AKA: Shocking pink dragon millipede)IISE: Number 3 – Shocking Pink Millipede and the Styloctenium mindorensis (AKA: Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat).IISE: Number 6 – Fruit Bat Crosses the Line-
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