The Bornean orangutan is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo. It belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia and is the largest of the three Pongo species. It has a coarse,
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Male Bornean orangutan in Taman Safari park
Juvenile male at Tanjung Puting National Park
The Sumatran orangutan is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered, and found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but mor
Bornean orangutan
…from the Greek word "pygmy" meaning dwarf. Bornean orangutans diverged from Tapanuli orangutans about 674,000 years ago. The Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan diverged about 400,000 years ago, with a continued low level of gene flow between them since then. The Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan…
Sumatra Orang Utan im Pongoland
Sumatra Orang Utan Pongo pygmaeus abeli Tierpark Hellabrunn 1
Close-up of an adult male, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg
At Bukit Lawang, Indonesia