20K views · 282 reactions | Say hello to Pongo tapanuliensis, a newly discovered species of orangutan. | Nature | Facebook

The Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is the first new species of great ape described in nearly 90 years. With fewer than 800 left in the wild, the Tapanuli orangutan is now one of the world’s most endangered great ape species. Read more about this new species: https://www.globalwildlife.org/press-room/discovery-of-new-orangutan-species-underscores-indonesias-critical-role-in-safeguarding-biodiversity/ Video courtesy Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) /Batang Toru | Re:wild