Types of Orangutans
Bornean Orangutan
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild.
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Sumatran Orangutan
The name orangutan is of Malayan origin and means person of the forest. Wild orangutans live only in southeast Asia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, mostly in Indonesia, but also in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo.
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sumatranorangutan.org
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worldwildlife.org