Pongo tapanuliensis Nater et al. 2017 (orangutan)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: A. Nater, M.P. Mattle-Greminger, A. Nurcahyo, M. G. Nowak, M. Manuel, T. Desai, C. Groves, M. Pybus, T. B. Sonay, C. Roos, A. R. Lameira, S. A. Wich, J. Askew, M. Davila-Ross, G. Fredriksson, G. Valles, F. Casals, J. Prado-Martinez, B. Goossens, E. J. Verschoor, K. S. Warren and I. Si. 2017. Morphometric, behavioral, and genomic evidence for a new orangutan species. Cell Biology 27(22):3487-3498

Belongs to Pongo according to A. Nater et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Pongo abelii, Pongo hooijeri, Pongo pygmaeus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pongo tapanuliensis in the database

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