One Earth’s “Species of the Week” series highlights the flagship species of each of the 844 unique ecoregions contained within Earth’s bioregions.
Deep in the mountainous rainforest of Cameroon and Nigeria, living amongst the bamboo thickets and vast Cross River is a species unknown to science until the early 20th century. The Cross River lowland gorilla is the most secluded of all the gorilla species, and with a population of only around 250-300 individuals, it is considered the world’s rarest great ape.
Cross River lowland gorillas: the world’s rarest great ape | One Earth
Deep in the mountainous rainforest of Cameroon and Nigeria, living amongst the bamboo thickets and vast Cross River is a species unknown to science until the early 20th century. The Cross River lowland gorilla is the most secluded of all the gorilla species, and with a population of only around 250-300 individuals, it is considered the world’s rarest great ape.
Cross River lowland gorillas: the world’s rarest great ape | One Earth