Sumatran orangutan

Sumatran orangutan
Pongo abelii / Sumatran orangutan

Orang-Utan Daisy
Habitat
tropical rainforest
Continent
Asia
Food
Fruits, fresh shoots, but also small animals and birds' eggs
Gestation/breeding period
9 months
Mode of life
Solitary or mother with offspring
Class
Mammals
Order
Primates

Key facts

~ 1.50 m
size

~ 80 kg
weight

~ 60 years
age

How endangered are Sumatran orangutans?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

  • Not evaluated
  • Data deficient
  • Least concern
  • Near threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Endangered
  • Orang-Utan Daisy
    Critically endangered
    Critically endangered
  • Extinct in the wild
  • Extinct

Did you know?

The first rearing of an orangutan in human hands took place at Dresden Zoo in the 1920s.

Orang-Utan Daisy

Sumatran orangutan on the zoo tour

Zoo tour map