Sumatran orang-utan  (Pongo abelii)

Male Sumatran orang-utan hanging in branch

Orang-utan means 'person of the forest' and this Asian ape is indeed truly arboreal. Recent genetic evidence has led to the re-classification of Bornean and Sumatran orang-utans as separate species: Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii respectively

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