Newly discovered orangutan species is 'among the most threatened great apes in the world'

[rangerrebew]

Newly discovered orangutan species is 'among the most threatened great apes in the world'

Date:
    November 2, 2017
Source:
    Cell Press
Summary:
    Scientists have long recognized six living species of great ape aside from humans: Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, eastern and western gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos. But researchers have now made it seven, based on a collection of evidence showing that an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra is actually its own unique species. They've named the new species the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis).
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171102121134.htm

[Oceander]

So now we can spend even more scarce taxpayer money “preserving” another on-it’s-way-out species.  Yeah!