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Bornean Orangutan - (Pongo pygmaeus)

• The Bornean Orangutan has a darker, almost chocolate hair covering their bodies.
• The adult males of Borneo have more robust bodies than Pongo Albelii
• Their cheek pads are larger and shaped differently.
• In Borneo it has been observed that the rainforests support less than 1 to 3 Orangutans per square kilometer
• The island of Borneo is the third largest island in the world and it is divided by high mountain ranges.
• These ranges are impassable in most parts as the straits that separate the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
• This has led to biologists recognizing three major regions of Borneo that have possibly produced three sub-species of Pongo pygmaeus.
• In the east of the island Orangutans have a chocolate colored coat compared to the southwest where the coats are a red-orange color.
• This region of the island is closest to Sumatra, which may explain why the color of these Orangutans is so closely related.
• The Bornean Orangutan has a life span of about 35 to 40 years in the wild; in captivity it can live to be 60. A survey of wild orangutans found that males are typically 75 kg (165 lb), ranging from 50-90 kg (110-199 lb), and 1.2-1.4 m (4-4.7 ft) long
• Females averaging 38.5 kg (82 lb), ranging from 30-50 kg (66-110 lb), and 1-1.2 m (3.3-4 ft) long.

The Bornean Orangutan has three subspecies:

• Northwest Bornean Orangutan P. p. pygmaeus

Sarawak (Malaysia) & northern West Kalimantan (Indonesia)

• Central Bornean Orangutan P. p. wurmbii

Southern West Kalimantan & Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)

• Northeast Bornean Orangutan P. p. morio

East Kalimantan (Indonesia) & Sabah (Malaysia)

Thanks to : bioweb