Monday, 3 September 2012

Orang Utan from Borneo Island-Indonesia

When you visit to Indonesia, you can find orang utan in Borneo island. The name of orang utan is derived from bahasa, Orang which means a human and Utan which means a jungle. So, if we combine those two words Orang Utan, it means a jungle man, a person who lives in a jungle.
In Indonesia orang utan can be found in Sumatera and Borneo island. So in general Indonesia has 2 kinds of orang utan, they are orang utan sumatera (Pongo Abeli) and orang utan kalimantan (Pongo pygmaeus).
Berikut ini 7 fakta tentang orangutan sumatera:
Orang utan Kalimantan still can be divided in 3 sub-species they are Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbi, and Pongo pygmaeus morio. Orang utan Sumatera is included critically endangered species. Orang utan Sumatera usually often spent their time to move among the trees. 

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