Ape: Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei) - Shinda (Silverback male) and family group resting, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa 2003

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), young gorilla, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), 'Amareba' mother with newborn baby, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Central Africa

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - juvenile (young) hanging on vine, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Central Africa, 1990

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 1990

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), young gorilla resting) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), part of Susa group with IMBARAGA Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Central Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla Skull (Gorilla gorilla beringei), holotype 1902, Museum fur Natuurkunde, Berlin, Discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Blackback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - 'Peanuts' Silverback male, in sub-alpine zone, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile (young) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), mother carrying baby under her belly in the rain, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male feeding, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), eating Thristle after rrain, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male feeding, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile (young) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), female yawning, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Blackback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), female, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003

Silverback and a juvenile (young) feeding, Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda 2003

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile (young) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), 'Poppy" 14 years old adult female, Susa group, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Central Africa 1990. Note: the last living gorilla featured by primatologist Dian Fossey in “Gorillas in the Mist,” died 2019 age 42

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile (young) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), in sub-alpine zone, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), looking thoughtful, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), feeding on vine in bamboo forest after rrain, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), young gorilla posing on a high ground, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile gorilla, standing on four on tree, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile Gorilla resting, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), baby gorilla resting by mother, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei), young gorilla posing, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Siverback male with juvenile eating, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), mum and infant eating, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), mother hugging baby after rain to keep warm, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Silverback male watching infant feeding, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), mother sleeping, baby playing, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - 'Imbaraga' Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Hagenia (Hagenia abyssinica) Forest, Mountain Gorilla Habitat (Gorilla gorilla beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Hagenia (Hagenia abyssinica) Forest, Mountain Gorilla Habitat (Gorilla gorilla beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Ape: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) - Silverback male, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa, 1990

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), juvenile (young) Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda