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Orangutan
Pongo
-6.22611, 106.851
Field Notes
Description:
An adult Orangutan with his distinctive cheek pads and reddish-brown hair.
Habitat:
Spotted at Rangunan Zoo, Jakarta, Orangutans are native to Indonesia and Malaysia, currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
Notes:
The name "orangutan" (orang-utan) is derived from Malay and Indonesian words orang meaning "person" and hutan meaning "forest", thus "person of the forest".
The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Classified in the genus Pongo and divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii).
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Reference Links:
Orangutan - Wikipedia
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PublishedMarch 16, 2017
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