Mammifères - Orang-outanTapanuli (24) Images supplémentaires...
Voici des images exceptionnelles d'Andrew Walmsley de la toute nouvelle espèce d'orang-outan qui vient d'être officiellement découverte. On n’avait pas vu cela depuis 1915. Cette nouvelle espèce, la troisième dans le monde, vient d’être identifiée !

Le tapanuli (Pongo tapanuliensis) vit uniquement dans le nord de Sumatra, dans la région montagneuse de Batang Toru, province de Tapanuli. L’analyse du génome de 37 par une équipe de l’Université de Zurich, emmenée par le professeur Michael Krützen, a permis de reconstituer l’arbre généalogique reliant les trois espèces ( avec Pongo abeli,ou orangs-outans de Sumatra, et Pongo pygmaeus
orangs-outans de Bornéo) et de démontrer que la dernière à avoir été identifiée, Pongo tapanuliensis, constituait en fait la plus ancienne lignée de ces singes.

Malheureusement, cette espèce n’est plus représentée que par 800 individus.
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is with a...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is with a...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby swinging from branch, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby swinging from branch, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait of male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra i...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait of male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra i...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male feeding on leaf, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumat...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male feeding on leaf, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumat...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait of male,  Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait of male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) mother and baby, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) mother and baby, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) feeding on leaf, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan,  limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra i...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) feeding on leaf, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra i...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait, baby 'Bitang' age two years, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang To...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) portrait, baby 'Bitang' age two years, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang To...
Batang Toru forests, North Sumatra, Indonesia.  This forest is home to a newly identified species of orangutan, the Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) with a population of about 800 individuals.
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Andrew Walmsley / Batang Toru forests, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This forest is home to a newly identified species of orangutan, the Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) with a population of about 800 individuals.
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby hanging on to mother, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby hanging on to mother, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby hanging on to mother, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) baby hanging on to mother, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North...
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male,  Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is with a po...
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Andrew Walmsley / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a newly identified species of orangutan, limited to the Batang Toru forests in North Sumatra is with a po...