Orangutan
The orangutans (an aa spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang)[1] are the three exclusively Asie species o extant great apes. Native tae Indonesie an Malaysie, orangutans are currently foond in anal the rainforests o Borneo an Sumatra.[citation needit]
| orangutan | |
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| Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Faimily: | Hominidae |
| Subfaimily: | Ponginae |
| Genus: | Pongo Lacépède, 1799 |
| Teep species | |
| Pongo borneo Lacépède, 1799 (= Simia satyrus Linnaeus, 1760)
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| Species | |
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Pongo pygmaeus | |
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| Range o the three extant species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Faunus Oken, 1816 | |
References
eedit- ↑ "orangutan: definition of orangutan in Oxford dictionary (British & World English)". Archived frae the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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