#APE VS GORILLA HOW TO#
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All animals reliant on those habitats will have to shift their range or face local extinction. Lowland vegetation will extend upwards to nearby mountains. Unfortunately, the majority of their range occurs outside of recognized protected areas and as land-use, climate and human population density increase, great apes will lose huge areas of their habitat.įor example, climate change will result in some lowland habitats becoming warmer and drier. Across their current range, African great ape populations are distributed within 21 countries. Range is the geographic area naturally occupied by a species. Why is range critical to the existence of great apes?
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