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--> SUPERFAMILY Hominoidea
--> FAMILY Hominidae
--> GENUS Pongo
SPECIES Pongo abelii
| Author: | Lesson, 1827. | | Citation: | Man. Mamm.: 32. | | Common Name: | Sumatran Orangutan | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Sumatra. | | Distribution: | Sumatra, NW of Lake Toba (Indonesia). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I and U.S. ESA as included in P. pygmaeus; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | On the nomenclature, see Groves and Holthuis (1985). Reviewed by Groves (1971a, Mammalian Species, 4). Considered a species separate from P. pygmaeus by Groves (2001c), who summarized several previous sources suggesting this. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
abongensis (Selenka, 1896)
bicolor (I. Geoffroy, 1843)
deliensis (Selenka, 1896)
gigantica (Pearson, 1841)
langkatensis (Selenka, 1896)
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