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orangutan
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[aw-rang-oo-tan, oh-rang-, uh-rang-]
noun
either of two species of long-armed, arboreal great ape, the only extant members of the subfamily Ponginae, inhabiting Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus ) and Sumatra (P. abelii ): both species, including all three of the Bornean subspecies, are endangered.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of orangutan1
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They compared human responses to the visual responses of five chimpanzees, two gorillas, and two orangutans at the Basel Zoo.
I have a very public love for orangutans.
And he said, “Vision of America? Ten years ago I was working with an orangutan. Now they think I’m Gandhi. I just took the best role available.”
A wounded orangutan recently made headlines for using a plant paste to heal an injury.
A critically endangered orangutan born at Blackpool Zoo has been named after a mascot for an organisation which supports children with a chronic medical condition.
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