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Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Steefo, 21 Feb 2012.

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    Is that the Cross river gorilla?
     
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    no. I hadn't heard of the Ebo gorilla before, so I googled it. The population was discovered in 2002 (in the Ebo Forest, hence the name). It is around 300km from the nearest western lowland population and 250km from the Cross River population.

    This site says there are probably 15-25 individuals: Gorillas of the Ebo Forest - Conservation - Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe e.V.
     
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    yeah, you don't mess with the anteater!
     
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    I had been told about a leopard that had been spotted around my research camp earlier this year so set up a camera trap. We were all surprised to see not one but three leopards on the camera!

     
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    Snow leopards and common* leopards have been camera-trapped for the first time in the same place (in Qinghai Province, China), sparking some concerns towards the snow leopard's continued survival.

    Concerns over first snow and common leopards found in same area - BBC News

    * It seems the subspecies of leopard found in Qinghai is the North Chinese leopard, which is either Endangered or Critically Endangered itself. Not so common, it seems.
     
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