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Lemur - need one to populate jungly Gabon? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angwantibo

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'lemur' is the definition.
(angwantibo is a kind of lemur)

'need one to populate jungly gabon?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'need' could be 'want' (want is a kind of need) and 'want' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for angwantibo that I've seen is " Primate in gold coat".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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