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Orangutan
Order : Primates
Family : Hominidae
Species : Pongo pygmaeus
The translation of the Malayan word "Orang-utan" is "forest man". And indeed do the large Great apes show a lot of human characteristics concerning their facial expression as well as their gestures. Adult male Orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus) are imposing figures with their reddish shaggy fur, broad cheeks and long beards. In the wild they reach weights up to 80 kg. Male Orang-utans living in zoos and suffering from lack of exercise are often even heavier. Female Orang-utans are much smaller than the males. The face of young Orang-utans is fair-skinned but, like in Chimpanzees, gets darker the older they get.
The Orang-utan is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the orangutan
A orangutan group is called a 'buffoonery'.Habitats
Forest, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Montane and Subtropical / Tropical Swamp
Facts about the orangutan
Asia's great red ape, the Bornean Orangutan is indeed a man of the forest. (Full text)
Press Release: Ailing Orangutan is Euthanized at National Zoo - National Zoo| FONZ (Full text)
Orangutans are critically endangered and could go extinct in 10 to 20 years if the habitat destruction isn't halted quickly. (Full text)
Today, the orangutan is found only in Borneo and Sumatra. (Full text)
Scientists are uncertain whether all orangutans are one species, or whether the Sumatran and Bornean (Full text)
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Orangutans are the second largest of the primates; they are surpassed only by the Gorilla. (Full text)
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An orangutan is a big ape. (Full text)
An orangutan is declared winner after boxing another orangutan at the Safari World animal park in Bangkok last month. (Full text)
The orangutan is the only strictly arboreal ape (Full text)
Many hundreds of infant orangutans are taken from the wild for the pet trade every year. (Full text)
Orangutans are considered the largest arboreal animals. (Full text)
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1. Pongo, genus Pongo -- (type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans)Pongo
genus Pongo
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