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Sumatran Orangutan

Pongo abelii

Classification

Family
Hominidae

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. Description Male Sumatran orangutans grow to about 1.

Distribution

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