Physical Description
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Orangutans have long, fine red hair on their bodies and faces.
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 Males have large cheek pads that are covered in a fine white hairs.
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The arm span, from finger tip to finger tip, is 2.25 m.
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The legs are small and weak compared to their muscular arms.
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Sumatran Orangutans have more sparse and lighter colored coat than the Bornean species
General Characteristics
Length :  78 cm Female Head Body Length Male – 97 cm Head Body Length
Weight :  Male : 60 -90 kg  / female : 40- 50 kg
Tail Length : none
Range – They used to be Widespread throughout South East Asia. 
Today, however they are found only in the north of this island in the Indonesian archipelago
Habitat – Lowland tropical rainforests and swamps up to 800 meters above sea level.
Diet –  They eat Fruit makes up about 60% of their diet, with the remainder being young leaves (~25%)flowers and bark (~10%), insects, mainly ants, termites, and crickets (~5%), and an occasional egg. One of their important foods are figs.
What type of animal : Herbivore
Status – Â Their habitat has decreased over 80% in the last 20 years. Reasons below have estimated decline in the orangutan population of 30 to 50% in the last 10 years.
Reason for the status – Illegal logging , legal logging in Sumatra, hunting, habitat destruction, and illegal pet trade.
Gestation Period – 233-265 days
Lifespan – 35 days in the wild / 50 yrs in captivity
  SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN