Sumatran Orangutan

Orangutans are hairy primates with long arms and creative minds. Orangutans live in rainforests but are critically endangered, and we can help by fighting against deforestation. If you were wondering, do males stay with their family, what do orangutans eat, then you should read this book to find out the answers. Orangutan Features Orangutans have many features. Features such as long arms and reddish hair

The Orangutans which are also known as Pongo abelii, are the second largest apes after the gorillas. The male Orangutans can grow up to five feet and weigh around ninety one kilograms while the female Orangutans can reach an average height of three feet while weighing around forty five kilograms (Shank, C., 2012). The Orangutans are well known for their ability to swing from tree to tree easily with their long arms while their legs act as a second pair of arms when needed. Orangutans in general live

Orangutans are one of humans’ closest relatives, and as of 2007 have been a member of the endangered species list. These “people of the forest” have only been known to be found in Borneo and Sumatra, this lack of variability in their environment plays a large role in the reason of their endangerment. The two subspecies have been under pressure as of late for reasons such as logging, deforestation, and for the planting of palm oil forests, and being hunted by humans. Palm oil was once only found

known as the orangutan. Orangutans, although closely related to the other great apes, represent a lot of extremes in biological parameters (Campbell, C. J., 2011). One of the most drastic extremes is that orangutans are the largest primary arboreal mammal in the world. This is a result of special evolutionary adaptations that allow these primates to mechanically function in an arboreal lifestyle. Unlike the other great apes,

The orangutan, one of the world’s great apes, resides on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The forests of these islands are being destroyed in order to create palm oil plantations. Palm oil is in high demand due to its uses as a biofuel and as a vegetable oil. The palm oil industry is a major threat to the survival of the critically endangered orangutans, due to loss of habitat. This leads to illegal poaching since the orangutans are viewed as pests, leaving many young infants orphaned

a rescue center with a small bundle in his arms. Swaddled in bloodstained cloth is a three-month-old orangutan, whose left arm ends not at the tips of her fingers, but at a mangled stub that was once recognizable as her wrist. The infant was maimed on an oil palm plantation, where she and her mother were attacked by cultivators whose crops are threatened by scavenging animals. The young orangutan´s natural reaction to danger was to cling tightly to her mother´s back, even after her mother was mortally

Analysis of the Orangutan Pongo Pygmaeus The orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, is an ape that is found in the moist, coastal rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo which consists of Indonesia's Kalimantan provinces, Malaysia's Sabath and Sarawak, and the kingdom of Brunei Darussalam. Orangutans live in tropical rainforests and are arboreal primates meaning that they are tree dwelling. Orangutans construct nests in the tree branches for the night in which they will curl up and sleep. These nests are made

Can the Orangutan Survive? A highly endangered species, the orangutan is the oldest known primate1, dating back 60 million years. The word “orangutan” in the Malayasian language means “man of the forest.” The wild orangutan once roamed throughout Southeast Asia. Today, however, this beautiful animal is only found in small parts of Malaysia and Indonesia (on the island of Borneo), and in northern Sumatra. Orangutan Characteristics Physical - The adult male of the species, at about 210

Demographic Analysis of Orangutan Genomes” (Locke et all, 2011), both species of Orangutans are characterized by strong sexual dimorphism and have the longest interbirth interval of 8 years [529.] They are both also subjects of deforestation, hunting, and disease. Due to these circumstances, they are now at loss of habitat, and Sumatran Orangutans are now being referred to by The International Union for Conservation of Nature, as critically endangered, while Bornean Orangutans are endangered (Locke

Orangutans are amongst the most iconic species in wildlife conservation (Meijaard, E., Wich, S., Ancrenaz, M., & Marshall, A J., 2012) Their behaviours and facial expressions give them an uncannily human like personality. Their genetic comparisons, cognitive and behavioural similarities indicate a close evolutionary relationship between humans and themselves. [REF] There are two species of the Orangutan, the Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean Orangautan (Pongo pygmaeus). The Sumatran