Mountain Gorrilas in Bwindi's impenetrable forest

The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the DRC (Congo) border next to the Parc National des Virungas and on the edge of the western Rift Valley. It comprises 331 square kilometers of jungle forests and contains both montane and lowland forest. The park is perhaps most notable for supporting over 300 Mountain Gorillas, half the world's population of the critically endangered species. Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 663 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 663 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and 3rd most populous. ... Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, largely contained within Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), comprises a large primeval forest in East Africa at altitudes spanning from 1,160 to 2,607 meters. ... The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa. ... In geology, a rift valley is a valley created by the formation of a rift. ... Jungle refers usually to a forest. ... Trinomial name Gorilla berengei berengei Matschie, 1914 The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of two subspecies of Eastern Gorillas. ... The American bison numbered as few as 750 in 1890 due to extreme overhunting. ...

The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of 788 properties now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...

The area around Buhoma is ideal for watching primates and birds, including chimpanzees, or hornbills and turacos. The forest is one of the richest ecosystems in Africa, providing habitat for some 120 species of mammals, 346 species of birds, 202 species of butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns, and many endangered species. In particular the area shares in the high levels of endemesim of the Albertine Rift. There are two habituated Mountain Gorilla groups, 'Mubare' and 'Katendegyere'. The Mubare group is fully habituated. Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Type species Pan troglodytes Common Chimpanzee Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often abbreviated to chimp, is the common name for two species in the genus Pan. ... Genera Aceros Anorrhinus Anthracoceros Buceros Bucorvus Ceratogymna (=Bycanistes) Ocyceros Penelopides Tockus Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cows horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. ... Genera Corythaeola Tauraco Ruwenzorornis Musophaga Corythaixoides Crinifer The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away birds make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally banana-eaters). ... In ecology, an ecosystem is a naturally occurring assemblage of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms—also referred to as a biotic community or biocoenosis) living together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a loose unit. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands... Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera belonging to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) and Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ... Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ...

External link

• Bwindi National Park, information on activities,gorilla permit price and accommodation options.

• Kilimanjaro.com - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• UNESCO.org - UNESCO World Heritage Site listing