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There Are only 767 Orangutans Left in Tapanuli on Earth — a Cyclone Just Killed 58 in Four Days

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In four days, a single tropical storm killed 7% of all Tapanuli orangutans — the world's rarest great monkeys. November 2025, northern Sumatra: Cyclone Senyar precipitated 556 millimetres of rain, triggered more than 50,000 landslides and destroyed the habitat of a species that [...]

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At least 58 orangutans-de-tapanuli (Pongo tapanuliensis) died crushed, suffocated or drowned due to massive landslides caused by the Senyar cyclone in Sumatra.

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In four days, a single tropical storm killed 7% of all Tapanuli orangutans — the world's rarest great monkeys. November 2025, northern Sumatra: Cyclone Senyar precipitated 556 millimetres of rain, triggered more than 50,000 landslides and destroyed the habitat of a species that [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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