[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1709041451302{margin-top: -70px !important;}”][vc_column][rev_slider slidertitle=”CROSS RIVER” alias=”slider-7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1712339322667{padding-top: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1712143980529{border-top-width: 40px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;}”]The Cross River gorillas, with estimated 300 individuals to exist in the wild, is the most endangered subspecies, and listed by the IUCN as critically endangered.
Cross River gorillas are found in the mountains, highlands and forests along the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. The closest population of western gorillas (their closest gorilla relatives) are 300 kilometres away in Cameroon’s Ebo Forest.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1712310074265{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4509″ img_size=”900×500″ alignment=”right”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1712150054448{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]These gorillas live in groups of anywhere from 2 to 20 individuals made up of the dominant gorilla, several females and their offspring. They are herbivores that live in the mountainous region between Cameroon and Nigeria and usually feed on branches, nuts, leaves and berries they hunt from different plants.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1712310082779{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]They usually reach maturity at the age of 10 and have a single baby within a gestation period of 9months. They have a high level of infant care until the young gorilla is 3 or 4 years, as a result they give birth once every 4years or so.
Male and Female Cross-River gorillas
These gorillas, in the same manner as the others, are stocky, large and muscular. The males tend to be twice the size of females, measuring to five or six feet in height and weighing in at 440 pounds while the females usually weigh 220 pounds. The size difference is common among gorilla species. Both the male and female Cross-river gorilla species have long hair to keep them warm in their high altitude habitat.
Gorillas communicate in various ways, including facial expressions, sounds, postures and gestures. When things are calmer, gorillas often greet each other by touching their noses together and will sometimes give a reassuring embrace. The females align themselves with their leader, openly soliciting mating.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
