Orangutans (or orangutan, other names are mawas) is a kind of great apes with long arms and a hairy reddish or brown, who live in the tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, especially on the island of Borneo and Sumatra.
The term "orang utan" is taken from the words in the Malay language, the 'people' which means human and 'utan' means forest. Orangutans includes two sub-species, the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and orang utan Kalimantan (Borneo) (Pongo pygmaeus). What is unique is the orangutan has a close kinship with humans at the level of kingdom Animalia, where orangutans had DNA similarity rate of 96.4%.
They have a fat body and big, thick-necked, long and strong arms, short legs and bowed, and did not have a tail. Orangutan has about 1.25-1.5 meters. Orangutan body covered with brownish-red hair. They have a large head with a high position of the mouth. When it reaches sexual maturity, male orangutan has a fat temples on both sides, the crown of the big, long hair and grow a beard around the face. They have the same senses as humans, namely hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Weighing about 50-90 kg male orangutan, while females orangutans weigh about 30-50 kg. Their palms have 4 long fingers plus 1 thumb. They also have soles fingers composition very similar to humans. Orangutan still belong to the species of great apes such as gorillas and chimpanzees. Great ape group is classified as a mammal, have large brains, eyes that leads forward, and hands that can grasp.
Orangutans are found in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, which is on the island of Borneo and Sumatra in the Indonesian and Malaysian parts of the country. They used to live in dense trees and make nests of leaves. Orangutans can live in a variety of forest types, ranging from keruing forest, hills and plains, watersheds, freshwater swamp forest, peat bogs, dry ground in the mangrove swamps and palm, up to the mountain forests
Although orangutans including omnivorous animals, most of them only eat plants. 90% of the food in the form of fruits. Food include tree bark, leaves, flowers, several species of insects, and about 300 types of fruits. In addition they also feed on nectar, honey and mushrooms. They also love to eat durian, although the sharp aroma, but they love it.
Orangutan females usually give birth at the age of 7-10 years old with content ranging from 8.5 to 9 months; almost the same with humans. Number of babies born to a female is usually only one. Baby orangutan can live independently at the age of 6-7 years. Dependence on its mother orangutan is the longest of all animals, because there are many things to be learned in order to survive, they usually maintained until the age of 6 years. Orangutans breed longer than other primates, Orangutan females only give birth to one calf every 7-8 years. Age of orangutans in the wild about 45 years, and throughout his life female orangutan has only 3 offspring lifetime. Where it means a very slow orangutan reproductive.
The term "orang utan" is taken from the words in the Malay language, the 'people' which means human and 'utan' means forest. Orangutans includes two sub-species, the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and orang utan Kalimantan (Borneo) (Pongo pygmaeus). What is unique is the orangutan has a close kinship with humans at the level of kingdom Animalia, where orangutans had DNA similarity rate of 96.4%.
They have a fat body and big, thick-necked, long and strong arms, short legs and bowed, and did not have a tail. Orangutan has about 1.25-1.5 meters. Orangutan body covered with brownish-red hair. They have a large head with a high position of the mouth. When it reaches sexual maturity, male orangutan has a fat temples on both sides, the crown of the big, long hair and grow a beard around the face. They have the same senses as humans, namely hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Weighing about 50-90 kg male orangutan, while females orangutans weigh about 30-50 kg. Their palms have 4 long fingers plus 1 thumb. They also have soles fingers composition very similar to humans. Orangutan still belong to the species of great apes such as gorillas and chimpanzees. Great ape group is classified as a mammal, have large brains, eyes that leads forward, and hands that can grasp.
Orangutans are found in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, which is on the island of Borneo and Sumatra in the Indonesian and Malaysian parts of the country. They used to live in dense trees and make nests of leaves. Orangutans can live in a variety of forest types, ranging from keruing forest, hills and plains, watersheds, freshwater swamp forest, peat bogs, dry ground in the mangrove swamps and palm, up to the mountain forests
Although orangutans including omnivorous animals, most of them only eat plants. 90% of the food in the form of fruits. Food include tree bark, leaves, flowers, several species of insects, and about 300 types of fruits. In addition they also feed on nectar, honey and mushrooms. They also love to eat durian, although the sharp aroma, but they love it.
Orangutan females usually give birth at the age of 7-10 years old with content ranging from 8.5 to 9 months; almost the same with humans. Number of babies born to a female is usually only one. Baby orangutan can live independently at the age of 6-7 years. Dependence on its mother orangutan is the longest of all animals, because there are many things to be learned in order to survive, they usually maintained until the age of 6 years. Orangutans breed longer than other primates, Orangutan females only give birth to one calf every 7-8 years. Age of orangutans in the wild about 45 years, and throughout his life female orangutan has only 3 offspring lifetime. Where it means a very slow orangutan reproductive.
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