Pongo pygmaeus
The scientific name for orangutan is Pongo. There are three species within the genus Pongo: Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan), and Pongo tapanuliensis (Tapanuli orangutan).
Pongo pygmaeus
orangutan
The name orangutan is actually derived from Malaysian and Indonesian meaning "man of the forest" the scientific name for orangutan is Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean variety) or Pongo Abelii (Sumatran variety). They are the only great apes found outside of Africa.
roro best name for an orangutan Dr. Zeus
Pongo pygmaeus - Bornean orangutan Pongo abelii - Sumatran orangutan
The scientific name of Ramapithecus is now considered invalid. It was originally classified as a hominin species, but subsequent research and reclassification have led scientists to view it as more closely related to the orangutan lineage.
The name orangutan come from Malay and Indonesian. The name mean person of the forest.
That is the correct spelling of the name "orangutan," an ape native to Indonesia.
There are two different species of orangutan. One of them, abelii, is the smaller species that lives in Sumatra and Indonesia. The larger species, pigmaeus, is native to Borneo.
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the orangutan