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New Species of Orangutan Is Rarest Great Ape on Earth | Nat Geo Wild
A new species of orangutan has been identified living on the island of Sumatra. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagram The orangutan, Pongo tapanuliensis, is commonly called the Tapanuli orangutan. While the new identification is exciting, the Tapanuli orangutan is already at high risk of extinction. There are only around 800 Tapanuli orangutans left on Earth, living in three fragmented populations. Discovering a new great ape species is exceedingly rare. Read more about the new orangutan species: http://ift.tt/2lJv9vK New Species of Orangutan Is Rarest Great Ape on Earth | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/hxcWcKD7slY Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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