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Tapanuli Orangutan
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Tapanuli Orangutan

Pongo tapanuliensis

Pongo tapanuliensis or the Tapanuli orangutan is a species of orangutan native to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of three known species of orangutan, alongside Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii, found farther northwest in the island) and Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). It was identified as a distinct species in 2017 and represents the first extant species of great ape to be described since the bonobo in 1929.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 569674.