Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) at Chester Zoo
Introduction
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Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) at Chester Zoo
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 8 Apr 2017
Recent work has established that the two island populations of orangutans, on Sulawesi and Borneo, are separate species. The Sumatran Orangutan is critically endangered.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.222857
Longitude
-2.884998