Sumatran orangutan
The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. 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.
| Sumatran orangutan | |
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| Male at Leipzig Zoological Garden, Leipzig | |
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| Female with infant at the Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich | |
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Pongo |
| Species: | P. abelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pongo abelii | |
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| Distribution in Indonesia | |
Sumatran Orangutan Media
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Close-up of an adult male, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg
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Sumatran orangutan at Bukit Lawang, Indonesia
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A male hidden in tree leaf pile, Mount Leuser National Park
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A baby orangutan plays on a line in Zurich Zoo. The baby is taken care of by its mother for 8 years.
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Orangutan and infant in Mount Leuser National Park
A baby orangutan hanging onto branches at Bukit Lawang
A slow loris can be part of the diet of Sumatran orangutan.
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Sumatran orangutan at the San Diego Zoo
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A Sumatran orangutan and a human, Bukit Lawang
