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noun - large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
ORANGUTANS - The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangut...
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Denizens of Sumatra |
Argonauts gathered round Jason finally discovering arboreal creatures |
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Jan 1 2013 The Times - Cryptic |
Nov 9 2002 New York Times |
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Sepilok is a sanctuary on Borneo established primarily for these rare creatures |
The Bornean males of these have rounder faces & darker red fur than the Sumatrans |
The heaviest tree dwellers on earth are these animals of Sumatra & Borneo that can weigh up to 300 pounds |
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Plural form of orangutan. |
a large mainly solitary arboreal ape with long red hair, long arms, and hooked hands and feet, native to Borneo and Sumatra. |
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The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species. From 1996, they were divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus, with three subspecies) and the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii). In November 2017 it was reported that a third species had been identified, the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis).Genomic comparisons show that the Tapanuli orangutan separated from the Sumatran orangutan about 3.4 million years ago. The Tapanuli orangutan separated from the Bornean orangutan much later, about 670,000 years ago. The orangutans are the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae, which also included several other species, such as the three extinct species of the genus Gigantopithecus, including the largest known prim |