Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia
Orang Utan, Semenggok Forest Reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Flanged male Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutans
Fossil skull of Sivapithecus sivalensis, an extinct relative of orangutan
Adult male (left) and female Tapanuli orangutans
The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo; Gorilla; Pan; and Homo, of which only modern huma
Orangutan
…Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged…
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
Humans are one of the four extant hominid genera.
A fossil hominid exhibit at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma