Orang-utans are vanishing at an alarming rate in Borneo but in Sumatra their situation is even more precarious.
The Sumatran orang-utan " more intelligent and sociable than its Borneo cousin and with a unique culture of tool use " is likely to be the first great ape species to go extinct, from habitat loss due to new palm oil plantations.
Source:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/oil-boom-threatens-the-last-orangutans-1714157.html
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