Orangutan

Description:

An adult Orangutan with his distinctive cheek pads and reddish-brown hair.

Habitat:

Spotted at Rangunan Zoo, Jakarta, Orangutans are native to Indonesia and Malaysia, currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.

Notes:

The name "orangutan" (orang-utan) is derived from Malay and Indonesian words orang meaning "person" and hutan meaning "forest", thus "person of the forest". The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Classified in the genus Pongo and divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii). Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Ponginae Genus: Pongo