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Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) currently inhabit only the island of Borneo, excluding the southeastern portion of Borneo. Fossil evidence indicates that their past distribution included much of Southeast Asia.
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Bornean Orangutan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bornean Orangutan , Pongo pygmaeus , is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the slightly smaller Sumatran Orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes...
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Orangutan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The orangutans are two endangered species of great apes (the other being the gorilla). Known for their intelligence, they live in trees and are the largest living arboreal animal. They have longer a...
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Orangutans live in the tree tops of the Southeast Asian tropical rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. They spend most of their lives in trees and descend from the trees very rarely. The rainforest has an average ... The name Orangutan means "man of the forest" in Malay. ... have a high and sloping forehead and a rounded snout.
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See Pongo pygmaeus ssp. morio ... (2004) recognized only two subspecies for the Bornean Orangutan: P. p. pygmaeus and P. p. wurmbii. However, at the last orangutan PHVA (Singleton et al. 2004), an additional subspecies was recognized: Pongo pygmaeus morio.
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Historically, the Sumatran and Bornean Orangutans were considered subspecies of Pongo pygmaeus (e.g., Courtenay et al. 1988, Rijksen and Meijaard 1997). Recent taxonomic reviews (Groves 2001, Brandon-Jones et al.
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Recent genetic evidence has led to the re-classification of Bornean and Sumatran orang-utans as separate species: Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii respectively (5). Orang-utans have distinctive body shapes with very long arms that may reach up to two metres in length.
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Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) facts, photos and videos. ... Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Primata; Family: Pongidae; Genus: Pongo; Species: pygmaeus; Length: 54 inches; Weight: 130 - 200 lbs; Gestation: 260 - 270 days; Offspring: 1; Life Span: 35 years;
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