Tapanuli orangutan
Tapanuli orangutan | |
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Adult male | |
Adult female Both near Lake Toba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Genus: | Pongo |
Species: | P. tapanuliensis
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Binomial name | |
Pongo tapanuliensis Nurcahyo, Meijaard, Nowak, Fredriksson & Groves, 2017[note 1]
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Approximate location in Sumatra |
The Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is a
Taxonomy
Discovery and naming
An isolated
The specific name, tapanuliensis, as well as the common name, Tapanuli orangutan, refer to Tapanuli, the hilly region in North Sumatra where the species lives.[3][11]
Phylogeny
Genetic comparisons show that Tapanuli orangutans diverged from Sumatran orangutans about 3.4 million years ago, and became more isolated after the Lake Toba eruption that occurred about 75,000 years ago.[3][4][9] They had continued sporadic contact that stopped between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. Tapanuli orangutans diverged from Bornean orangutans about 674,000 years ago.[10] Orangutans were able to travel from Sumatra to Borneo because the islands were connected by land bridges as parts of Sundaland during recent glacial periods when sea levels were much lower.[9] The present range of Tapanuli orangutans is thought to be close to the area where ancestral orangutans first entered what is now Indonesia from mainland Asia.[3]
Description
Tapanuli orangutans resemble Sumatran orangutans more than Bornean orangutans in body build and fur color.[3] However, they have frizzier hair, smaller heads, and flatter and wide faces.[4] Dominant male Tapanuli orangutans have prominent moustaches and large flat cheek pads, known as flanges, covered in downy hair. The Tapanuli orangutan differs from the other two existing orangutan species in several specific features:
- their upper canines are larger;
- they have a shallower face depth;
- their pharyngotympanic tubeis shorter;
- they have a shorter mandibular joint;
- they have a narrower maxillary incisor row;
- the distance across the palate at the first molars are narrower;
- there is a smaller horizontal length between the mandibular symphysis;
- they have a smaller inferior torus; and
- the width of the ascending ramus located in the mandible.
As with other two orangutan species, males are larger than females; males are 137 cm (54 in) in height and 70–90 kg (150–200 lb) in weight, females are 110 cm (43 in) in height and 40–50 kg (88–110 lb) in weight.[12] When comparing the Tapanuli orangutan with the Pongo abelii, the Tapanuli orangutan has a deeper suborbital fossa, a triangular pyriform aperture, and a facial profile that is more angled.[3]
Behavior
The loud, long-distance call or 'long call' of male Tapanuli orangutans has a higher maximum
Habitat and distribution
Tapanuli orangutans live in tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests located south of Lake Toba in Sumatra. The entirety of the species is found in an area of about 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) at elevations from 300 to 1,300 m (980 to 4,300 ft).[3] Tapanuli orangutans are separated from the island's other species of orangutan, the Sumatran orangutan, by just 100 km (62 mi).[11]
Conservation
With fewer than 800 individuals restricted to an area of about 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), the Tapanuli orangutan is the second rarest great ape.
Notes
References
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- ^ Natuur in Zuid- en Oost- Borneo. Fauna, flora en natuurbescherming in de Zuider- en Ooster-Afdeeling van Borneo. In 3 Jaren Indisch Natuur Leven: Opstellen over Landschappen, Dieren en Planten, Tevens Elfde Verslag (1936-1938) [Nature in South and East Borneo. Fauna, flora and nature conservation in the southern and eastern part of Borneo. In 3 Years Dutch Indies Nature Life: Compilation on Landscapes, Animals and Plants, Eleven Reports (1936-1938)] (in Dutch). Batavia, Indonesia: Nederlandsch-Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming. 1939. pp. 334–411.
- ^ Meijaard, Erik (25 December 2015). "A Sumatran wonderland". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Gill, Victoria (2 November 2017). "New great ape species identified". BBC News. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d Goldman, Jason G. (2 November 2017). "New species of orangutan is rarest great ape on earth". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Stokstad, Erik (12 November 2017). "New great ape species found, sparking fears for its survival". Science. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ a b Davis, Nicola (2 November 2017). "New species of orangutan discovered in Sumatra – and is already endangered". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Tapanuli Orangutan". New England Primate Conservancy. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ a b Leahy, Stephen (9 August 2018). "Hydroelectric Dam Threatens to Wipe Out World's Rarest Ape". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Tapanuli Orangutan Facts, Pictures & Information For Kids & Adults". Active Wild. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- S2CID 155174152.
- S2CID 202568749.
External links
- Media related to Pongo tapanuliensis at Wikimedia Commons