Gorila pegunungan
subjenis gorila timur
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Subspesies: | G. b. berengei
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Gorilla beringei beringei Matschie, 1914
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Gorila pegunungan (Gorilla beringei beringei) adalah salah satu dari dua subspesies gorila timur. Terdapat dua populasi gorila pegunungan. Satu populasi dapat ditemui di Pegunungan Virunga di Afrika Tengah di dalam tiga taman nasional: Mgahinga di Uganda barat daya; Vulcans, di Rwanda barat laut; dan Virunga di Republik Demokratik Kongo. Populasi lain dapat ditemui di Taman Nasional Bwindi. Beberapa primatolog menyatakan[3] bahwa Gorila Bwindi di Uganda mungkin merupakan subspesies yang terpisah, walaupun deskripsi terpisah masih belum selesai dibuat.
Pada November 2012, diperkirakan terdapat 880 gorila pegunungan.[4]
Catatan kaki
- ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., ed. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (edisi ke-3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. hlm. 181–182. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Robbins, M., Gray, M., Kümpel, N., Lanjouw, A., Maisels, F., Mugisha, A., Spelman, L. & Williamson, L. (2008). "Gorilla beringei ssp. beringei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Diakses tanggal 4 January 2009.
- ^ Stanford C. (2001). "The Subspecies Concept in Primatology: The Case of Mountain Gorillas". Primates.
- ^ Aldred, Jessica (13 Nov, 2012). "Mountain gorilla numbers rise by 10%". The Guardian. London. Diakses tanggal November 14, 2012.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Gorilla beringei beringei.
- Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a NGO that provides medical care to the gorillas
- Conservation Through Public Health, an Ugandan NGO working for mountain gorilla conservation
- Official website for Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- National Geographic Channel Diarsipkan 2008-08-17 di Wayback Machine.
- African Wildlife Foundation, mountain gorillas
- ARKive images and movies of eastern gorilla Diarsipkan 2006-04-22 di Wayback Machine.
- The Official Website for Virunga National Park, DR Congo Diarsipkan 2008-10-03 di Wayback Machine.
- "Missing DR Congo gorillas 'dead'" by Mark Kinver, BBC News, 17 August 2007
- Official Baby Gorilla Naming Ceremony site- in Rwanda
- Conversation efforts for Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, through tracking permits
- The website about the Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, with many pictures Diarsipkan 2009-03-02 di Wayback Machine.