{"id":346092,"date":"2025-09-11T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346092"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:26:14","slug":"cross-river-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cross-river-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross River Gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conservationists race to protect as f<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ewer than 300 Cross River gorillas remain in <\/span><b>Nigeria and Cameroon\u2019s remote forests.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346093\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346093\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ToI.jpg?w=593&amp;ssl=1 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ToI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is a western <strong>gorilla subspecies<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat and Behavior<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It inhabits <\/span><b>Nigeria-Cameroon border forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> like <\/span><b>Cross River National Park, Afi, and Takamanda at 1,500\u20133,500m elevations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residing in <\/span><b>dense rainforests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, these <\/span><b>gorillas form cohesive groups led by silverbacks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, foraging widely for vegetation and building ground or tree nests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They minimally impact crops, unlike other wildlife.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is known for <\/span><b>brownish-grey fur and red crests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>silverbacks lead groups of 2\u201320<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It feeds on leaves, nuts, and berries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Slow reproduction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (one birth every 4\u20135 years).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each infant requires up to four years of maternal care, which limits population growth. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lifespan ranges from 35 to 50 years, adding urgency to conservation efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>IUCN Status: Critically endangered <\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Threats:<\/strong> The population faces threats from de<strong>forestation, poaching, and slow reproduction.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major threats include <\/span><b>bushmeat hunting, illegal pet trade, habitat loss from logging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>and Ebola<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Conservation efforts:<\/strong> Initiatives by <\/span><b>WWF, WCS, and Nigeria\u2019s NCF support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> protected areas, anti-poaching patrols, and community-based conservation under frameworks like CITES and CMS, addressing human-wildlife conflict and promoting sustainable livelihoods.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Conservationists race to protect as fewer than 300 Cross River gorillas remain in Nigeria and Cameroon\u2019s remote forests.\u00a0 About Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) It is a western gorilla subspecies. Habitat and Behavior It inhabits Nigeria-Cameroon border forests like Cross River National Park, Afi, and Takamanda at 1,500\u20133,500m elevations. Residing in dense rainforests,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cross-river-gorilla\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross River Gorilla<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}