Mammals Animals Apes Orangutans

The other great apesgorillas chimpanzees and bonobosare all native to africa.

Mammals animals apes orangutans. There is the bornean orangutan which is native to borneo. Red apes of the forest. Classified in the genus pongo orangutans were originally considered to be one species. Orangutans the worlds largest tree climbing mammal and asias only great ape are in danger of extinction and we are losing them fast.

The sumatran orangutan which is native to sumatra. Orangutans which means persons of the forest in. Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of borneo and sumatra. The orangutans are three extant species of great apes native to indonesia and malaysia.

Marcel marcel is the name of the child male orangutan from borneo he was only 2 years old and live in captivity since he was born. Both apes are highly intelligent and adapted to the environment from which they evolved. With no more than 800 individuals in existence the tapanuli orangutan is the most endangered of all great apes. In november 2017 it was reported that a third species had been identified the tapanuli orangutan.

Apes also referred to as hominoids include chimpanzees gorillas orangutans and gibbons. And the tapanuli orangutan which is native to south tapanuli. Chimpanzees bonobos and gorillas survived in africa but only the orangutans survived in asia. Male orangutan chimpanzee new world monkey ape monkey primates mammals baby animals animals and pets wild animals by irawan subingar.

These shaggy red apes are the largest arboreal mammal and the only great ape found in asia. From 1996 they were divided into two species. An international team of scientists described the new species in current biology. Apes hominoidea are a group of primates that includes 22 species.

All three species reside only in the rainforests of indonesia and malaysia. The bornean orangutan and the sumatran orangutan. Although humans are classified within the hominoidea the term ape is not applied to humans and refers instead to all non human hominoids. This new third species lives in north sumatra but is genetically and behaviorally distinct from the two other species.

Orangutans are the only great apes of asia but not the only apes. Genomic comparisons show that the tapanuli orangut. Orangutans the most solitary of the great apes and the largest tree dwelling animals have different life histories from the large troops of primarily ground dwelling gorillas. Orangutans whose name means people of the forest live in tropical and swamp forests on the southeast asian islands of borneo and sumatra.

The malay word orangutan means person of the forest these long haired orangish primates found only in sumatra and borneo are highly intelligent and are close relatives of humans.