The Tapanuli orangutan is a sensation. Only 800 animals are still alive, hidden in the forests of Sumatra. Their habitat is threatened by a Chinese dam.
Only a few months ago, in November 2017, scientists found that the orangutan in Tapanuli is a separate species and not a subspecies of the Sumatran Otrang-Utan. They gave him the name Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis). Genome analysis has shown that the Tapanuli orangutan split off from the Borneo orangutan line 670,000 years ago. Pongo tapanuliensis is the rarest orangutan species.
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