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RWANDA { 14 images } Created 27 Mar 2010

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  • At 225Kg, Guhonda is the largest silverback mountain gorilla in the world. He is the alpha male of the Sabinyo group and is often seen in the company of one of the group’s several adult females.<br />
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Rwanda’s Volcanos National Park (Parc National Des Volcans) is home to some of the critically endangered mountain gorillas. The apes of Central Africa face danger from habitat loss, hunting and armed conflic in the border region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.<br />
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As their habitat in increasingly encroached upon, mountain gorillas become exposed to a host of human pathogens. Long term conservation efforts have been credited for an increase in population; from 620 individuals in the early 1990s to 880 in 2011.
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  • Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) wading in a marsh at Akagera National Park, Rwanda
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  • A group of zebras standing near a pond, Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
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  • Young woman carrying groceries, Rwanda.
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  • A large cloud hangs over Mount Sabinyo, an extinct volcano in the Virunga Mountains which straddle the border region of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
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  • Two cinnamon-chested bee-eaters (Merops oreobates) in Nyungwe forest, Rwanda
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  • Guhonda, the world's largest mountain gorilla silverback, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
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  • Villagers on a road to Lake Kivu, near Kibuye, Rwanda. The distant hills are located in the region of Kavumu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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  • Woman in a field near Muhanga, Rwanda
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  • A boy and his relatives, Kirimbi, Rwanda
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  • Boy catching up with his relatives, Rwanda
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  • A female gorilla walks through a bamboo forest in Virunga Mountains, Rwanda.
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  • Rural market, Gitisi, Rwanda.
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  • Ituza, a member of the 'Amahoro' group of mountain gorillas, hangs from a tree, deep inside the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.<br />
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Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of the eastern african and is highly endangered - the estimated total population is around 800, with family groups distributed around the Virunga mountains straddling the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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