Bornean Orangutan 🦧
Species Profile
Pongo pygmaeus
CR Critically Endangered
Bornean Orangutan
The Bornean orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus ) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans.
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