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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207464Original 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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