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First identified in 2017, the critically endangered rare primate is in even greater danger of extinction than is previously known. There has been a slew of controversy surrounding the Tapanuli orangutan, but research suggests that their habitat might be doing the ape more harm.
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The Tapanuli Orangutan is an endangered species amid a growing number of forest areas in the Tapanuli region, North Sumatra. At present the Tapanuli Orangutan inhabits three habitats. Starting from the Batangtoru forest or West Block. Then the Eastern Block or the Nature Reserve, area of Dolok Sipirok to Dolok Sarulla (included in the North Tapanuli region). Then in the South Block, Dolok Sibual-buali and the Lubuk Raya Nature Reserve. These three orangutan habitats are separated by a trans-Sumatra highway. The Dolok Sipirok, Dolok Sarulla and Batangtoru forests are separated by the Sumatra crossing road (Sipirok-Medan). Sitandiang forest corridor with