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Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus

Factsheet

Orangutan

Further Information

'Orang' and 'utan' are the Malay words meaning 'person' and 'forest'; the orangutan is literally a 'person of the forest'.

  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Food and Hunting
  • Breeding
  • Orangutan Habits
  • Orangutans and Humans
  • Deforestation
  • The Trade in Baby Orangutans
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  • Credits
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Further Information

For further information see:
The Orangutan Foundation
www.savetheorangutan.org.uk

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