Orangutan
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Orangutans (Pongo) are great apes that have fur with a color between red and brown. They are from Southeast Asia. There are very few of them left, because habitat loss has made many die.
There are two species of orangutan:
- Genus: Pongo
- Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
The name Orangutan comes from orang hutan, which means man of the forest in Malay.
[edit] Appearance
Orangutans have red-brown fur. They have very long and strong arms, and hands used for climbing. The Sumatran Orangutan is smaller and has longer hair/fur than the Bornean Orangutan.
[edit] Life
Orangutans are from the rainforests on the islands Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia. They mostly live up in the trees. They eat fruit, leaves and bark, but also insects, bird eggs and small vertebrate animals.
After a pregnancy of 230-260 days the female gives birth to usually one baby, but sometimes two.
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