MOUNTAIN GORILLA

The mountain gorilla is an animal specie in critically endangered. We have two subspecies of the eastern gorilla, and that's one. We can find this animal in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, Volcanoes and Virunga. And also, we can find it in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

This kind of gorilla is a herbivore. It usually eats leaves, shoots and stems, but also feeds on bark, roots, flowers, fruits and small invertebrates.

In a combination of hunting, regional conflict, destruction of its forest habitat, and capture for the illegal pet trade, the mountain gorilla has listed as Critically Endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. For that, there are only around 782 mountain gorillas surviving in the wild and 4 in captivity.

The park rangers are people dedicated to protect the gorillas. Their job is defend the last remaining mountain gorillas. Actually, in recent years, more than a hundred rangers have been killed in the line of duty.