A Third Species of Orangutan has been Identified in North Sumatra

A Third Species of Orangutan has been Identified in North Sumatra

In the highland forest of Batang Toru in North Sumatra live a small colony of orangutans. They are largely isolated from other orangutans. It turns out they’re not just any orangutans but an entirely different and hitherto unknown species of the great apes. So say scientists who have sequenced the…