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--> GENUS Pongo
SPECIES Pongo pygmaeus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1760. | Citation: | Amoenit. Acad., 6: 68. | Common Name: | Bornean Orangutan | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Kalimantan, Landak River. | Distribution: | Borneo, except the southeast. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered as P. pygmaeus, P. p. pygmaeus, and P. p. wurmbii. | Comments: | On the nomenclature, see Groves and Holthuis (1985). Reviewed by Groves (1971a, Mammalian Species, 4). |
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