The University of Portsmouth’s Dr Marina Davila Ross tells us about her work studying communication in Great Apes.In this episode of Life Solved, we hear the call of Pongo Tapanuliensis, otherwise known as the Tapanuli Orang-utan, the third and most rare species of orang-utan.Marina reveals how her recordings of this 800-strong colony in Sumatra helped classify it as a whole new species and raised many more questions for science.She tells us how she originally gathered data on orang-utan long calls using a Sony Walkman and how she is able to analyse vocalisations to identify different species.The classification of this distinct third species in 2017 has also been vital for its conservation. The mountainous, rugged habitat of the Tapanuli had been primed for development, but now those plans are on hold in a bid to conserve this population.POINTS OF INTEREST & FURTHER READINGDr Marina Davila-Rosshttps://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/marina-davila-rossLong call distribution in wild orang-utanshttps://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/219?lang=enListen to orang-utan sounds and callshttps://wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/orangutan/About the orang-utan Long Callhttps://zooatlanta.org/the-amazing-orangutan-long-call/A new species is classifiedhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/new-orangutan-species-sumatra-borneo-indonesia-animals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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