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The Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is a species of orangutan restricted to South Tapanuli in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. [3] It is one of three known species of orangutan, alongside the Sumatran orangutan ( P. abelii ), found farther northwest on the island, and the Bornean orangutan ( P. pygmaeus ).
Ponginae / p ɒ n ˈ dʒ aɪ n iː /, also known as the Asian hominids, is a subfamily in the family Hominidae.Once a diverse lineage of Eurasian apes, the subfamily has only one extant genus, Pongo (orangutans), which contains three extant species; the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
However, the discovery of a previously unknown orangutan population in Malaysian Borneo is reason to hope. Threats. Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 ...
A third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017. The orangutans are the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae , which diverged genetically from the other hominids ( gorillas , chimpanzees , and humans ) between 19.3 and 15.7 million years ago.
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A third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017. The orangutans are the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae , which diverged genetically from the other hominids ( gorillas , chimpanzees and humans ) between 19.3 and 15.7 million years ago.
The proposed common name "Tapanuli orangutan" seems to fit with this and has been latched onto by the news media covering the discovery of the species (it produces far more results in a Google search than the scientific name). 72.44.103.182 21:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
Tapanuli orangutan, a species of orangutan Tapanoeli Residency , a colonial Dutch administrative division consisting of most of the western coast of modern North Sumatra province. Sibolga Bay , formerly called in Dutch Baai van Tapanoeli , North Sumatra