Name: Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
Description: Arboreal anthropoid ape with shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.
Location: Borneo and Sumatra
Special Features:
No tail
Very long arms
Can grow over four feet tall
Males can weigh over 300 pounds
Can live over 60 years
Thumbs and toes are opposable
Extremely strong
Mostly diurnal
Extremely intelligent
Diet: Primarily eat fruit, but also young leaves, bark, flowers, honey, insects, and vines.
Neat Fact: Orangutans’ arms stretch out longer than their body, over 7 feet, from fingertip to fingertip.
