Skip to main content Skip to footer site map

ORANGUTANS

Orangutan
Orangutan Fact Sheet

  Orangutan: The name orangutan means "man of the forest" in the Malay language. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Primates Family: | Pongidae Genus: | Pongo There are two species of orangutan: Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo Abelli). ...

The Dirt: This Week in Nature (7/6-7/13)

Efforts to get an orangutan to quit smoking, new species of frog named after Prince Charles, Floridians protest release of genetically-modified mosquito, fruit flies learn arithmetic, and yet another feathered-dinosaur find.