Silverback Bwindi gorilla
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Silverback Bwindi gorilla

The Mountain Gorilla is one of two subspecies of Eastern Gorillas, though Bwindi's population of mountain gorillas is considered to be a separate sub-species by some experts. Some 700 mountain gorillas are believed to exist in the wild between populations in Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda.




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Photo by Rhett A. Butler.
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