northwest Bornean orangutan

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northwest Bornean orangutan

primate

Also known as: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus

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orangutan
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pygmaeus morio, P. pygmaeus pygmaeus, and P. pygmaeus wurmbii. During the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago), the orangutan range was much more extensive, and orangutan remains have been found as far north as southern China.
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pygmaeus morio, P. pygmaeus pygmaeus, and P. pygmaeus wurmbii. During the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago), the orangutan range was much more extensive, and orangutan remains have been found as far north as southern China.
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