Sumatran Orangutan
(Pongo abelii)
The Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) is derived from Malay words “person of the forest” is a type of primate only found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was first documented by science in 1827.
The Sumatran orangutan has been found to use an organized system of branches of different lengths as tools to collect food. The Sumatran Orangutan is currently listed as critically endangered. It is being threatened by the decimation of it’s habitation from logging & conversion of forest into palm oil plantations.
Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (www.sumatranorangutan.org) is devoted to the preservation of the Sumatran orangutan.