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Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia perhaps as many as 2,000 giving a rare boost to one of the world’s most critically endangered great apes.

“We can’t say for sure how many,” he said, but even the most cautious estimate would indicate “several hundred at least, maybe 1,000 or 2,000 even.

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