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Bornean orangutan. 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. It is the largest of the three species of orangutans.
"Bornean Orangutans decreased by more than 60% between 1950 and 2010, and a further 22% decline is projected to occur between 2010 and 2025," the organization explains, which "equates to a loss of ...
Chantek. Chantek (December 17, 1977 – August 7, 2017), [1] born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, was a male hybrid Sumatran / Bornean orangutan [2] who acquired the use of a number of intellectual skills, including some modified American Sign Language (ASL), taught by American anthropologists Lyn Miles and ...
Bonnie (orangutan) 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 ...
In 2016, when the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed Borenan orangutans as a critically endangered species, the organization noted the animal's population was on the decline.The ...
April 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM. An orangutan was born at a Florida theme park — and photos show the cute new addition. The “critically endangered” little one also represents a big step for her ...
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species.
Deforestation. Deforestation in Sumatra and Borneo is the primary reason for the endangerment of all species of orangutans. Timber is extracted from these areas for the production of palm oil, paper, and pulp. Majority of the logging is illegal, and with the rapid expansion of the palm oil industry, extraction rates have exponentially increased ...