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The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii ) and Tapanuli orangutan ( Pongo tapanuliensis ), it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.
Compared to their relatives in Borneo, Sumatran orangutans are more slender with paler and longer hair and a longer face. [35] Tapanuli orangutans resemble Sumatran orangutans more than Bornean orangutans in body build and hair colour. [19] They have shaggier hair, smaller skulls, and flatter faces than the other two species. [43]
Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, is back swinging through the trees after months of recovery. According to The Orangutan Project, a nonprofit that supports orangutan conservation ...
Bornean orangutan Kiwi, who is nearly one year old, was rejected by her mother shortly after she was born at Rio Safari Elche in Alicante. This, and failed attempts for another female orangutan to ...
Orangutan Jungle School is a British documentary television series showcasing the journeys of several orphaned orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.
A newborn Bornean orangutan was born via C-section at Florida's Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Critically endangered orangutan born via C-section at Busch Gardens. See the newborn's adorable pics
Bonnie (born 1976, in Rio Grande Zoo) is a hybrid female Sumatran/Bornean orangutan living at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., since 1980. [1] She began spontaneously whistling, mimicking an animal caretaker making the sound. This is significant as whistling is a sound that is in a human's—but not an orangutan's—repertoire.
According to Bush Gardens, the Bornean orangutan ranks as the third-largest species of ape and holds the distinction of being the largest tree-dwelling ape species, and is only found on the island ...