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.
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| Male at Leipzig Zoological Garden, Leipzig | |
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| Female with infant at the Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Pongo |
| Species: | P. abelii
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| Pongo abelii | |
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| Distribution in Indonesia | |
Sumatran Orangutan Media
Close-up of an adult male, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg
Sumatran orangutan at Bukit Lawang, Indonesia
A male hidden in tree leaf pile, Mount Leuser National Park
A baby orangutan plays on a line in Zurich Zoo. The baby is taken care of by its mother for 8 years.
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.
Sumatran orangutan at the San Diego Zoo
A Sumatran orangutan and a human, Bukit Lawang
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References
- ↑ Singleton, Ian; Wich, Serge A.; Nowak, Matthew G.; Usher, Graham; Utami-Atmoko, Sri Suchi (2017). "Pongo abelii (errata version published in 2018)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T121097935A123797627.
- ↑ Lesson, René-Primevère (1827). Manuel de mammalogie ou Histoire naturelle des mammifères (in français). Paris: Roret, Libraire. p. 32.