Critter Science

The Cross River Gorilla

5 December, 2023
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The Cross River gorilla hails only from Cameroon and Nigeria. They are a Critically Endangered subspecies of gorilla that have most recently been evaluated in 2016. These gorillas prefer to dwell in dense rainforest habitats

The Fascinating Potto

13 September, 2023
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The potto, aka softly-softly or Bosman’s potto, is a strepsirrhine primate (belonging to the same family as lemurs, lorises, and galagos) that hails from Guinea, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, and north of the Democratic Republic