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Eastern Gorilla

Ecosystem · Land

Mountain

360 documented species

Species in the spotlight: Eastern Gorilla

Mountain is a living landscape: 360 real species depend on its specific conditions to survive, not on a label on a map.

Ecosystem summary
Ecosystem type
Land
World distribution
198 countries with documented wildlife
Biodiversity level
360 documented species
Conservation status
108 threatened species (30%)
Flagship species
Gorila de montañaLeopardo de las nievesCóndor andinoEQEQ
360 species in total

Global range

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Real parks and dive sites where wildlife from this ecosystem lives.

How this ecosystem works

Terrain where conditions change abruptly with altitude. Within a few vertical kilometres, environments as different as a forest and a zone of rock and snow follow one another, so a mountain works as several stacked habitats. High-altitude wildlife faces less oxygen, more radiation and low temperatures, and many species move between elevations with the season, following the food.

Make-up of its documented wildlife

156 Mamíferos143 Aves30 Reptiles27 Anfibios4 Insectos

Representative species

No sightings yet
Eastern GorillaCritically Endangered

Eastern Gorilla

Gorilla beringei

No sightings yet
Snow LeopardVulnerable

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

No sightings yet
Andean CondorVulnerable

Andean Condor

Vultur gryphus

No sightings yet
Critically Endangered

Western Long-beaked Echidna

Zaglossus bruijnii

No sightings yet
Vulnerable

Eastern Long-beaked Echidna

Zaglossus bartoni

No sightings yet
Vulnerable

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

Petrogale penicillata

No sightings yet
Endangered

Cuban Solenodon

Solenodon cubanus

No sightings yet
Critically Endangered

Sumatran Orangutan

Pongo abelii

No sightings yet
SiamangEndangered

Siamang

Symphalangus syndactylus

No sightings yet
Southern MuriquiCritically Endangered

Southern Muriqui

Brachyteles arachnoides

No sightings yet
Endangered

Red Slender Loris

Loris tardigradus

No sightings yet
Endangered

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera

Showing 12 of 360 documented species. See all species →

Conservation status

23 Critically Endangered40 Vulnerable193 Least Concern39 Near Threatened45 Endangered17 Not Evaluated3 Extinct

108 species in this ecosystem are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Connections with the ecosystem

360Species198Countries1,073Parks31Routes with these species

Related countries

Where to explore it

Sister landscapes

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