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Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The Bornean orangutan is one of only three species of orangutans; each is classified as a great ape and together they are the only great apes native to Asia. Inhabiting the equatorial island of Borneo...
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Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Orangutans are the only great apes found in Asia, specifically on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Fossils found in Java, China, and Vietnam indicate that they once roamed larger territories than they do today. Originally thought to be one species, two distinct species....
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Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
2017 will be remembered as the year that shook the world of primatology, when scientists announced the identification of a new and third species of orangutan – the Tapanuli orangutan. It had been observed for the first time in 1939 and again in 1997, but...
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