The orangutans (an aa spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are the three exclusively Asie species o extant great apes.
Native tae Indonesie an Malaysie, orangutans are currently foond in anal the rainforests o Borneo an Sumatra.[citation needit]
orangutan | |
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Faimily: | Hominidae |
Subfaimily: | Ponginae |
Genus: | Pongo Lacépède, 1799 |
Teep species | |
Pongo borneo Lacépède, 1799 (= Simia satyrus Linnaeus, 1760) | |
Species | |
Pongo pygmaeus | |
Range o the three extant species | |
Synonyms | |
Faunus Oken, 1816 |
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