🐒Tapanuli orangutan
The Tapanuli orangutan is a species of orangutan restricted to South Tapanuli in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is one of three known living species of orangutan, alongside the Sumatran orangutan, found farther northwest on the island, and the Bornean orangutan. It was described as a distinct species in 2017. As of 2018, there are roughly 800 individuals of this species and it is currently on the critically endangered species list.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 53 kg
- Body length
- 1.2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 60 years
Everything we know about the Tapanuli orangutan
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass53 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.2 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass389 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan60 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length25 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity7.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation259 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2.2 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l53 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Tapanuli orangutan yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyHominidae
- ›genusPongo
- ›speciesPongo tapanuliensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- infraorderSimiiformes
- subfamilyPonginae
- genusPongo
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- subfamilyPonginae
- genusPongo
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