{"id":62753,"date":"2025-09-10T15:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62753"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:38:01","slug":"cross-river-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cross-river-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross River Gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cross River Gorilla Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep within the Nigeria-Cameroon border&#8217;s misty mountains, the critically endangered Cross River gorilla struggles for survival, with fewer than 300 individuals remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cross River Gorilla<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>subspecies of the western gorilla.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Gorilla gorilla diehli<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><b>fewer than 300 individuals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> estimated to exist in the wild, it is the <\/span><b>most endangered of the gorilla subspecies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the <\/span><b>most endangered primate in Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cross River gorillas are scattered in at least <\/span><b>11 groups across <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the rugged, hilly terrain that straddles the <\/span><b>Nigeria-Cameroon border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the African continent, known as the <\/span><b>Cross-Sanaga-Bioko Coast Forest ecoregion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Lowland, submontane, and montane forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated <\/span><b>on the upper drainage of the Cross River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on either side of the border provide habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Cross River Gorilla <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These gorillas have <\/span><b>brownish-grey or black fur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, the <\/span><b>face, hands, and feet have no fur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have<\/span><b> cone-shaped heads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b>bove which rests a reddish crest.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Adult males<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sport a <\/span><b>silvery swath of hair down the center of their backs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a notable feature they share with all adult male gorillas, <\/span><b>earning them the descriptive nickname \u201csilverback.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These gorillas are <\/span><b>very social<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and usually <\/span><b>live in groups of 2 to 20.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The groups are <\/span><b>led by a dominant male.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the dominant leader, there are 6-7 females and their children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>herbivores <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and usually feed on branches, nuts, leaves, and berries that they hunt for from different plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Cross River Gorilla <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as <strong>\u2018Critically Endangered\u2019<\/strong> under the IUCN Red List.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/etimes\/trending\/cross-river-gorilla-africas-rarest-great-ape-hidden-in-remote-forests-discover-their-uniqueness-behaviour-and-habitat\/articleshow\/123765529.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross River Gorilla is a subspecies of the western gorilla, with fewer than 300 individuals estimated to exist in the wild. 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