Sumatran Orangutan

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iSumatran Orangutan
Conservation status
Critically endangered (CR)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Ponginae Genus: Pongo Species: P. abelii
Binomial name
Pongo abelii Lesson, 1827

The Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) is the rarer of the two species of orangutans. Living and endemic to Sumatra island of Indonesia, they are smaller than the Bornean Orangutan. Baby Sumatran Orangutans are often poached as highly prized Zoo Inhabitants, and the poachers often kill the baby's mother for no apparent reason.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Pongo abelii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-11. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

[edit] External link

• ARKive - images and movies of the Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii)