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Bornean Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large, reddish brown great ape

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

spotted this orangutan at a the botanical gardens at Poring hot springs at the base of Kinabalu mountain. she was semi habituated and hung around the fenceless gardens.

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