Orangutans have red-brown hair. They have long arms. They can be strong like chimpanzees , gorillas and humans. They also have hands that are good for climbing.
The Sumatran Orangutan is smaller and has longer hair than the Bornean orangutan. Orangutans have suffered from forest loss and are on the very edge of extinction.
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 and also insects and bird eggs. They drink water from rain that has been collected in leaves. Orangutans are not comfortable on the ground since they have to push themselves along with fists.
Although international efforts are underway to try to protect the remaining orangutans, if current trends continue, orangutans may be extinct in the wild within a decade. You can even load your membership card onto the app for additional convenience. It puts everything you need for an amazing Zoo experience right into the palm of your hand! Download iOS Download Android. Sumatran orangutans live only on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Sumatran Orangutan. Pongo abelii. Download Pdf. Fingers and toes are long and strong for gripping branches and opposable thumbs enable orangutans to use a variety of tools to extract embedded food or use as fly swatters. Hands and feet are shaped similarly and are used interchangeably to move quadrumanously through the forest canopy. Sumatran orangutans use dozens of different vocalizations to communicate. Males have large throat sacs that amplify the long calls they use to claim territory and attract females.
Orangutans are active during the day and build new nest s each night for sleeping Physical Description Sumatran orangutans are the largest arboreal primate.
Males stand 4. Orangutans are the most solitary of the great apes, with social bonds occurring primarily between mothers and their dependent offspring, who stay together for the first two years. Fruit is the most important component of an orangutan's diet; however, the apes will also eat vegetation, bark, honey, insects and even bird eggs. They can live over 30 years in both the wild and captivity.
Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates; they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. The apes have been extensively studied for their learning abilities. There may even be distinctive cultures within populations. Both orangutan species are considered to be Endangered, with the Sumatran orangutan being Critically Endangered. Human activities have caused severe declines in the populations and ranges of both species.
Threats to wild orangutan populations include poaching, habitat destruction, and the illegal pet trade. Several conservation and rehabilitation organisations are dedicated to the survival of orangutans in the wild. Orangutans are the least social of the great apes, but individuals do commonly interact.
The Malay word orangutan means "person of the forest. Orangutans have an enormous arm span. A male may stretch his arms some 7 feet 2 meters from fingertip to fingertip—a reach considerably longer than his standing height of about 5 feet 1.
Party Animals. Try This! Explore More. Equipped with long, powerful arms and hook-shaped hands and feet, orangutans climb and swing from tree to tree with ease.
Common Name: Orangutans. Scientific Name: Pongo. Type: Mammals.
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