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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 ).
The Sumatran orangutan and the Tapanuli orangutan are both only found in Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] The conservation status of all three of these species is critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. [1]
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 ...
There are three types of orangutans left in the world. The Bornean, the Tapanuli and the Sumatran. It’s believed that there are only 14,000 individual Sumatran orangutans left in the wild.
The SOCP deals with all aspects of the conservation of the Critically Endangered Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the 2017 newly identified species of orangutan, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), including: a. the confiscation of illegal captive orangutans, their quarantine and reintroduction to form new wild populations, b ...
The endangered Borneo orangutans were photographed amid smoke and haze on Salat Island after their habitat was decimated by blazes believed to have been illegally started to clear land and make ...
The bay lends its name to the species Pongo Tapanuliensis, or the Tapanuli orangutan, a critically endangered great ape native to the region surrounding the bay. [2] There are a few islands in the bay, one of which was formerly controlled by the English and the Dutch. [3]
Back on April 13th, Busch Gardens welcomed its newest family member, a critically endangered baby orangutan who was born to mom Luna via c-section. The bouncing baby girl was cared for around the ...