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    Western Lowland Gorilla

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    Western lowland gorillas play an important role in seed dispersal in their forest habitat. They consume large amounts of fruit and disperse the seeds through their waste. This helps with forest regeneration. However, their populations are declining due to threats like habitat loss from deforestation, farming, and human settlement expansion. They are also illegally poached for bushmeat and pets. It is estimated there are up to 100,000 western lowland gorillas remaining, but their numbers have declined over 60% in the past 20-25 years and they are at high risk of population collapse within the next 30 years if threats are not addressed.

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    Western lowland gorillas play an important role in seed dispersal in their forest habitat. They consume large amounts of fruit and disperse the seeds through their waste. This helps with forest regeneration. However, their populations are declining due to threats like habitat loss from deforestation, farming, and human settlement expansion. They are also illegally poached for bushmeat and pets. It is estimated there are up to 100,000 western lowland gorillas remaining, but their numbers have declined over 60% in the past 20-25 years and they are at high risk of population collapse within the next 30 years if threats are not addressed.

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    Western lowland gorillas play an important role in seed dispersal in their forest habitat. They consume large amounts of fruit and disperse the seeds through their waste. This helps with forest regeneration. However, their populations are declining due to threats like habitat loss from deforestation, farming, and human settlement expansion. They are also illegally poached for bushmeat and pets. It is estimated there are up to 100,000 western lowland gorillas remaining, but their numbers have declined over 60% in the past 20-25 years and they are at high risk of population collapse within the next 30 years if threats are not addressed.

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    Western Lowland Gorilla

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    Soni Dapaj
    Western lowland gorillas play an important role in seed dispersal in their forest habitat. They consume large amounts of fruit and disperse the seeds through their waste. This helps with forest regeneration. However, their populations are declining due to threats like habitat loss from deforestation, farming, and human settlement expansion. They are also illegally poached for bushmeat and pets. It is estimated there are up to 100,000 western lowland gorillas remaining, but their numbers have declined over 60% in the past 20-25 years and they are at high risk of population collapse within the next 30 years if threats are not addressed.

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    Western lowland gorilla

    WESTERN
    LOWLAND
    WHY ARE WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS
    The western lowland gorilla is one IMPORTANT?
    of two subspecies of the western WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS SERVE AN
    gorilla that lives in montane,
    primary and secondary forest and
    IMPORTANT REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION WITHIN
    THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM, ALLOWING THE
    DISPERSAL AND GERMINATION OF SEEDS FROM
    GORILLA
    lowland swampland in central THE NUMEROUS FRUIT TREES THEY CONSUME.
    Africa in Angola, Cameroon, DZANGA-SANGHA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
    Central African Republic, Republic THE WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA IS THE MOST
    NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD OF ALL GORILLA
    of the Congo, Democratic Republic SUBSPECIES
    of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea
    and Gabon.
    Why is the Western Gorilla endangered?
    The western lowland gorilla population in Western lowland gorillas can be
    the wild is faced by a number of factors distinguished from other gorilla
    that threaten its extinction. Such factors subspecies by their slightly smaller size,
    include deforestation, farming, grazing and their brown-grey coats and auburn
    the expanding human settlements that chests.
    cause forest loss
    They also have wider skulls with more The hunting and killing of gorillas is illegal
    pronounced brow ridges and smaller ears. but still the animals are killed for
    Large numbers have not protected the bushmeat or during the capture of baby
    How many Western lowland gorillas are are left?
    western lowland gorilla from decline gorillas for pets

    . Because of poaching and disease, the Despite being the more numerous and widespread gorilla
    species, the severe threats of hunting, infectious disease
    gorilla’s numbers have declined by more and habitat loss Western gorillas are at a greater risk of

    The western lowland gorilla is the most widespread and than 60% over the last 20 to 25 years. population collapse in 30 years.

    numerous of the four gorilla subspecies. No accurate


    Even if all of the threats to western lowland In Northeast Congo, about 5% of western lowland
    estimates of their numbers are possible, as these elusive gorillas in that region are killed each year.
    gorillas were removed,
    apes inhabit some of Africa's densest and most remote
    rainforests. However, the total population is thought to scientists calculate that the population
    number up to 100,000 individuals. would require some 75 years to recover.

    **

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