The southern boundary of the study area was the Cross River itself. The range (as of 2005) of the Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli on the Nigeria - Cameroon border (the shaded rectangle on ...

When the Cross River gorilla population was rediscovered, the village of Kanyang adopted a voluntary hunting ban in 1987, in the hopes of drawing ecotourism to the region.

Here are 10 incredible Cross River gorilla facts. 1. Only 200-300 Incredible Cross River Gorillas Remain. Only 200 to 300 Cross River gorillas are left in the world, making them critically endangered.

The Cross River Gorilla, known as Gorilla gorilla diehli, is a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla. It was named a new species in 1904 by Paul Matschie, a mammalian taxonomist ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Sep 2011) (15 pages) ABSTRACT. Traditional beliefs associated with the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Lebialem Division, Cameroon, were studied to ...

On World Gorilla Day, 2023, Wild Africa Fund urges the public to protect Nigeria’s unique Cross River gorillas by supporting ongoing efforts to safeguard their populations and habitat as well as ...

Nigeria’s only 100 Cross River gorillas face extinction. [a-z-animals] N; Wild Africa Fund, an environmental NGO, says that Cross River gorillas can boost local tourism if there are deliberate ...

An environmental Non-Governmental Organisation, Wild Africa Fund, has said safeguarding Cross River gorillas can have a positive impact on local tourism if conservation measures are in place.

Sunday Okobi. As the world celebrates the World Gorilla Day 2023, Wild Africa Fund has urged the Nigerian public to protect its unique Cross River gorillas by supporting ongoing efforts to ...