A Tapanuli orangutan and her baby at the Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra. Photo: Maxime Aliaga
They have a prominent moustache, frizzier hair textures and larger canines. The females even sport beards!
Primate researchers were all abuzz last week when a new species of orangutan known as Tapanuli was confirmed. This is the third orangutan species to be found, after the Borneon orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
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