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/54207464

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000721

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pongo Abelii

Lesson, 1827

Family

Hominidae

Root name

abelii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11726

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207464

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/121097935/259045437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pithecus bicolor

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

720 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2710104

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus Abelii

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

abelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Pongo pygmaeus abelii

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Hominidae

Root name

abelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Simia Gigantica

(J. T. Pearson, 1841)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

gigantica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

660

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758144

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Satyrus sundaicus-sumatranus

(A. Mayer, 1856)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

sumatranus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7083691

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus sumatranus abongensis

(E. Selenka, 1896)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

abongensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29351939

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus sumatranus deliensis

(E. Selenka, 1896)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

deliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29351939

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus sumatranus langkatensis

(E. Selenka, 1896)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

langkatensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29351939

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus sumatranus

(E. Selenka, 1896)

Family

Hominidae

Root name

sumatranus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

385-386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29351938

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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