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SpeciesPrimatesHominidae
Primates

🦧Bornean orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

The Bornean orangutan is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo. It belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia and is the largest of the three Pongo species. It has a coarse, reddish coat and up to 1.5 m long arms. It is sexually dimorphic — males are larger than females and develop large cheek pads (flanges).

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Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
59 kg
Body length
1.2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
60 years
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Everything we know about the Bornean orangutan

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
59 kg
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  • 64 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.2 m
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Brain mass
364 g
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Maximum lifespan
60 years
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  • 59 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
20 years
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Age at maturity
9.1 years
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Gestation
259 days
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  • 249 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Home range
3.88 km²
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Population density
2.13 per km²
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Volume l
59 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bornean orangutan yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPrimates
  5. ›familyHominidae
  6. ›genusPongo
  7. ›speciesPongo pygmaeus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. infraorderSimiiformes
  3. subfamilyPonginae
  4. genusPongo
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. suborderHaplorrhini
  12. infraorderSimiiformes
  13. subfamilyPonginae
  14. genusPongo
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More about the Bornean orangutan

Closest relative on this site
🐒 Bonobo — last shared an ancestor ≈ 10 million years ago.
What it eats
fruit89%
insects and other invertebrates11%
In other languages
orangutan de Borneo (ca), orangutan bornejský (cs), Borneo-Orang-Utan (de), اورانگوتان بورنئویی (fa), borneonoranki (fi), Orang-outan de Bornéo (fr) … and 25 more languages

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