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orangutan
Pongo Lacépède, 1799

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Primates - primates »  family Hominidae - hominids »  subfamily Ponginae

Scientific synonyms

Troglodytes Geoffroy, 1812

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Included taxa

Number of records: 8

species Pongo abelii Lesson, 1827 - Sumatran Orang-utan

Pongo abelii

species Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760) - Bornean Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus

species Pongo tapanuliensis Nurcahyo, Meijaard, Nowak, Fredriksson & Groves, 2017 - Tapanuli orangutan

Fossil taxa

species Pongo devosi Schwartz et al., 1995 †
species Pongo duboisi Drawhorn, 1995 †
species Pongo javensis Drawhorn, 1995 †
species Pongo palaeosumatrensis Hooijer, 1948 †
species Pongo weidenreichi (Hooijer, 1948) †

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1223112]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Pongo Lacepède, 1799]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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