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The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered , and found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra , it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan , also found in Sumatra.
The Singkil Barat Nature Reserve [1] is a 650-square-kilometre (250 sq mi) [2] nature reserve found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.Located in the province of Aceh, the preserve contains the largest peat swamp within the leuser ecosystem and is hailed as the orangutan capital of the world. [3]
Ponginae / p ɒ n ˈ dʒ aɪ n iː /, also known as the Asian hominids, is a subfamily in the family Hominidae.Once a diverse lineage of Eurasian apes, the subfamily has only one extant genus, Pongo (orangutans), which contains three extant species; the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
A 2017 genome study found that the Bornean and Tapanuli orangutans diverged from Sumatran orangutans about 3.4 mya, and from each other around 2.4 mya. Millions of years ago, orangutans travelled from mainland Asia to Sumatra and then Borneo as the islands were connected by land bridges during the recent glacial periods when sea levels were ...
Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh. The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. [1]
A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been observed applying medicine to a skin injury.
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When a critically endangered orangutan was pregnant, the Dublin Zoo hatched a plan to teach her the maternal skills she'd need to care for her newborn. Skip to main content. 24/7 ...