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Nature 449, 127 (13 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449127a; Published online 12 September 2007

Gorillas on the list

Michael Hopkin

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Ebola virus and poaching put pressure on Africa's primates.

The plight of wild gorillas has taken a turn for the worse, according to the latest edition of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), which live in the western Congo basin, have moved from 'endangered' to 'critically endangered' in the 2007 list.