Orangutan

Pongo borneo

Description:

Only member of great apes that resides exclusively in Asia

1 Species ID Suggestions

Marsya Christyanti 11 years ago

Bornean Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus Orangutan

4 Comments

Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Nice ,,,,

SamanthaCraven 11 years ago

Jealous of your Borneo trip mate! Looks like your twin :p

Marsya Christyanti 11 years ago

Nice shot. But I think this picture has mistaken name. The Genus Pongo only consists of two species: Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii.
Pongo pygmaeus is the Bornean Orangutan. Pongo abelii is Sumatran Orangutan. If you took this picture from Borneo, I can say that it's a Pongo pygmaeus.
The difference is not distinct. Pongo abelii has brighter and longer hair. I still cannot distinguish them each other :D