DISCOVERY OF NEW SPECIES OF ORANGUTAN TAPANULI

Sumut Governor Tengku Erry Nuradi (second left) along the Head of Natural Resources Conservation Hall (BKSDA) Sumut Hotmauli Sianturi (left), Head of Forestry Sumut Halen Purba (right), PAN ECO-SOCP Yayasan Ekosystem Leuser, Gabriella Fredricson (second right) and Expert Genetics Matthew (mid) showed the new species of Orangutan Tapanuli (Pongo Tapanuliensis) that was newly found in Medan, North Sumatra, Friday (3/11). The latest large kera species in the world is only found in the Toru Rod ecosystem that includes highland forests scattered in the three Tapanuli area, North Sumatra which is now a population of 800 tails. ANTARA PHOTO/HUMAS-PEMPROVSUMUT/Baby Prime/ama/17