Metastatic perioral melanoma in a wild mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
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DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12521
Abstract: A 30‐year‐old free‐ranging female mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) developed a perioral mass that was surgically debulked and diagnosed as malignant melanoma. After tumor recurrence, a canine melanoma vaccine was administered. However, the gorilla died… read more here.
Keywords: melanoma; mountain gorilla; beringei; gorilla ... See more keywords
Challenges and Threats Facing Gorilla beringei graueri in Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Conservation Strategies
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DOI: 10.3390/d17040270
Abstract: Gorillas play important roles in the sustainability of biodiversity and in the cultures of Indigenous communities, offering unique biological behaviors and contributing to forest regeneration. Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) is one of the flagship… read more here.
Keywords: beringei graueri; gorilla; conservation; grauer gorilla ... See more keywords
Behavioral responses around conspecific corpses in adult eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei spp.)
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6655
Abstract: Humans were once considered unique in having a concept of death but a growing number of observations of animal responses to dying and dead conspecifics suggests otherwise. Complex arrays of behaviors have been described ranging… read more here.
Keywords: behavioral responses; group; gorillas gorilla; gorilla beringei ... See more keywords