Female with infant at the Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Hominidae
Genus:
Pongo
Species:
P. abelii
Binomial name
Pongo abelii
Lesson, 1827[3]
Distribution in Indonesia
The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) 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 more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also found in Sumatra. Its common name is based on two separate local words, "orang" ("people" or "person") and "hutan" ("forest"), derived from Malay,[4] and translates as 'person of the forest'.
^Singleton, I.; Wich , S.A.; Nowak, M.; Usher, G.; Utami-Atmoko, S.S. (2023) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Pongo abelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T121097935A247631244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T121097935A247631244.en.
The Sumatranorangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered, and found only in the north of the Indonesian...
the Sumatranorangutan (P. abelii). A third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017. The orangutans are...
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatranorangutan (Pongo abelii) and...
known species of orangutan, alongside the Sumatranorangutan (P. abelii), found farther northwest on the island, and the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus)...
of orangutan. The Bornean orangutan, the most common, can be found in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia. The Sumatranorangutan and...
extant genus, Pongo (orangutans), which contains three extant species; the Sumatranorangutan (Pongo abelii), the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)...
The SumatranOrangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) is a collaborative project involving Indonesian NGO Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) - as the main...
Puan a female Sumatranorangutan (born 1956) was gifted to the zoo by Sultan Ismail of Johore in 1968 along with three other orangutans. She had 11 offspring...
(circa 18 June 1960 – 8 February 2008) (Chinese: 阿明) was a female Sumatranorangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore. Ah Meng was originally from Indonesia...
endangered, such as the Sumatran ground cuckoo, the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran elephant, the Sumatran rhinoceros, and the Sumatranorangutan. Deforestation on...
species: Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus), Sumatran (Pongo abelii) and Tapanuli (Pongo tapanuliensis), but the term "hybrid orangutan" could also refer to hybrids of...
doi:10.1002/ajp.1350370308. PMID 31936951. S2CID 86473603. "Sumatranorangutans". OrangutanIslands.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved...
includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee...
Mammals include Sumatranorangutan, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran elephant, Asian tapir, sun bear, siamang, crab-eating macaque, Sumatran surili, Sunda loris...
dark hair, which seemed to flee in fear. Hodgson concluded it was an orangutan. An early record of reported footprints appeared in 1899 in Laurence Waddell's...
properties.[better source needed] During a field observation, a male Sumatranorangutan, known to researchers as Rakus, chewed vine leaves and applied the...
The Red List includes the Sumatranorangutan (Pongo abelii) in the Critically Endangered category and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Endangered...
individual chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, and gibbons that are in some way famous or notable. Bam Bam, an orangutan, played Precious on the soap...
in real life. Ah Meng (1960–2008), Sumatranorangutan of Singapore Ken Allen (1971–2000) was a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo known for his escape...
superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups...
Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. It has one of the world's...
hominids ("great apes") Genus Pongo: orangutans Bornean orangutan, P. pygmaeus Sumatranorangutan, P. abelii Tapanuli orangutan, P. tapanuliensis Genus Gorilla:...
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