Pongo abelii

Lesson, 1827

Sumatran Orangutan

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hominidae
Subfamily : Ponginae
Genus : Pongo

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. J. B. Baillière et fils, Paris, 441 pp.

Original name as described

Pongo Abelii

Type material

ZSI 11726

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia, Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

populations now attributed to P. tapanuliensis were previously included under this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Nater, A., Mattle-Greminger, M. P., Nurcahyo, A., Nowak, M. G., de Manuel, M., Desai, T., ... & Lameira, A. R. (2017). Morphometric, behavioral, and genomic evidence for a new Orangutan species. Current Biology, 27(22), 3487-3498.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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