Gorilla in 1847: Savage and Wyman
[10] [gorilla-0-10] In 1847, the field log for Gorilla is headed “Savage and Wyman.” The figure kept beside that heading is 1972. It is a count or a date from the work, not a rank of the species’ worth. A zoo birthday card does not replace the log. Karisoke watched mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The methods and the murder belong to that species; western gorillas have Mbeli Bai and different threats
Why the lowest resilience in the 24? CR western gorillas plus Ebola, logging and hunt. Mountain gorilla rebound is real and is a different species card. A forest clearing in Nouabale-Ndoki where western gorillas come for minerals -- a platform study that rarely makes a biopic. Did Gorillas in the Mist help the type?
The 1988 film helped mountain gorilla tourism and the Fossey myth. Western lowland numbers kept falling on a different map. Western lowland gorillas are the usual zoo gorilla. Captive groups do not replace Gabon and Congo forests. A mountain gorilla poached in 1977. Fossey used the death to fund anti-poaching -- a mountain, not western, story that still titles books.
Gorilla is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species. Scores compare the gorilla with the other 23 types on speed, intelligence, range, resilience, cultural impact and ecological role. They are relative editorial marks. Resilience high means more secure; low means threatened. Western gorilla Critically Endangered; mountain gorilla (a different species, G. beringei) is Endangered after a guarded rebound. Resilience here follows the atlas type: CR.
Keep 1847, “Savage and Wyman,” and 1972 together or the note on Gorilla stops being that year’s record.1847
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1847
- Figure to keep
- 1972
- Species
- Gorilla
- Line in the log
- Savage and Wyman
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