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[22] [14] They have also been known to consume the inner shoots of plants and vines. [22] They will also occasionally eat nutrient rich soil. [30] They get the necessary quantities of water from both fruit and from tree holes. [20] Bornean orangutans have been sighted using spears to attempt (unsuccessfully) to catch fish. [31]
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 ...
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelli) Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates. The majority are found in forests in Southeastern Asia and Equatorial Africa, with the exception of humans, which have ...
World Wildlife Fund explains that just a hundred years ago there were more than 230,000 orangutans in total and that those numbers have rapidly declined leaving only 100,000 Bornean orangutans left.
Orangutans are arboreal, meaning they primarily live in the trees. ... There are three sub-species of orangutans, including the Bornean orangutan, the Sumatran orangutan, and the Tapanuli ...
Scientists have previously recorded other primates using plants to treat themselves. Bornean orangutans rubbed themselves with juices from a medicinal plant, possibly to reduce body pains or chase ...
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 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.