Mountain gorilla
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The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.
Susa group, mountain gorilla
Mountain gorilla female with baby
Gorilla taxonomy
Silverback of Ntambara group, in typical resting attitude
Dian Fossey
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Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the moun
Mountain gorilla
…Gorilla. Little was known about the life of the mountain gorilla before his research, which described its social organization, life history, and ecology. Dian Fossey began what would become an 18-year study in 1967. Fossey made new observations, completed the first accurate census, and established active conservation…
Fossey in 1968
Gorilla mother with infant in Virunga National Park in the Congo
Fossey established her research camp in the foothills of Mount Bisoke.
Fossey in 1981, while working and lecturing in the United States