Sumatran orangutan

mammal
Also known as: Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus abelii

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orangutans

  • female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
    In orangutan

    …portions of Borneo, whereas the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii) and the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis) are limited to northern Sumatra. Orangutans possess cognitive abilities comparable to those of the gorilla and the chimpanzee, which are the only primates more closely related to humans.

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