| NAME OF ANIMAL | DESCRIPTION |
| BORNEON ORANGUTAN | RECOGNIZED FOR ITS COARSE REDDISH COAT AND LONG ARMS, MALES ARE LARGER AND DEVELOP CHEEK PADS (FLANGES) AS THEY MATURE. |
| MEASUREMENT | MALE | FEMALE |
| HEAD TO BODY LENGTH | 97 CM | 78 CM |
| SHOULDER HEIGHT | 39.4”-59” (100-150 cm) | 39.4”-59” (100-150 cm) |
| WEIGHT | 60 – 90 KG | 40-50 KG |
| CHARACTERISTICS | DESCRIPTION |
| RANGE | IT IS FOUND IN THE TWO MALAYSIAN STATES OF SABAH AND SARAWAK, AND FOUR OF THE FIVE INDONESIAN PROVINCES OF KALIMANTAN |
| HABITAT | TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL RAINFORESTS |
| PRIMARY DIET | HERBIVORE |
| FOOD HABITATS | FRUITS: APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THEIR DIET IS FRUITS, WITH WILD FIGS BEING THEIR FAVORITES. LEAVES AND BARK: THEY CONSUME A VARIETY OF LEAVES AND BARK. OTHER PLANT MATTER: THEY ALSO EAT SHOOTS, FLOWERS, INSECTS, AND OCCASIONALLY SMALL MAMMALS. OVERALL, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR DIET IS PLANT-BASED, MAKING THEM FRUGIVORES. |
| CONSERVATION STATUS | SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IS NOW HIGHLY PATCHY THROUGHOUT BORNEO; IT IS APPARENTLY ABSENT OR UNCOMMON IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS IN THE FOREST BETWEEN THE RAJANG RIVER IN CENTRAL SARAWAK AND THE PADAS RIVER IN WESTERN SABAH (INCLUDING THE SULTANATE OF BRUNEI). A POPULATION OF AROUND 6,900 IS FOUND IN SABANGAU NATIONAL PARK, BUT THIS ENVIRONMENT IS AT RISK. ENDANGERED |
| REASON FOR THE STATUS | THIS IS DUE TO HABITAT DESTRUCTION AND THE BUSHMEAT TRADE, AND YOUNG ORANGUTANS ARE CAPTURED TO BE SOLD AS PETS, USUALLY ENTAILING THE KILLING OF THEIR MOTHERS |
| CHARACTERISTICS | DESCRIPTION: REPRODUCTION & BEHAVIOR |
| GESTATION PERIOD | 248 DAYS |
| YOUNG PER BIRTH | ONE YOUNG PER BIRTH |
| WEANING | 6 YEARS |
| LIFESTYLE | THESE ARBOREAL ORANGUTANS HAVE EVOLVED WITH FIRM HANDS AND HAND-LIKE FEET TO GRIP STRONGLY. THE ARMS ARE VERY LONG IN ORDER TO REACH BRANCHES EASILY. THEY HAVE FLEXIBLE HIPS RESISTING THEM FROM SLIPPING DOWN FROM TREETOPS. |
| SEXUAL MATURITY | 8 YEARS OLD |
| BEHAVIOR | THE BORNEAN ORANGUTAN IS DIURNAL AND ARBOREAL. THEIR HAND-LIKE FEET MAKE WALKING WAY TOO DIFFICULT. WHILE ALL BORNEAN ORANGUTANS DISPLAY LONESOME BEHAVIOR, BUT THEY ARE NOT TERRITORIAL. HOWEVER, THE MALES DISPLAY WARNING GESTURES TO WARD OFF SEXUAL COMPETITORS ONLY DURING MATING SEASON. FEMALES SOMETIMES ROAM AROUND WITH THE BABIES IN SMALL GROUPS OF 6 OR MORE BEFORE WHEN THE TREES START FRUITING. BRACHIATION (MOVING FROM BRANCH TO BRANCH HANGING BY THEIR HANDS) IS COMMON IN JUVENILES. THE ADULTS WOULD USUALLY MOVE AROUND QUADRUPEDALLY, OR AT TIMES BIPEDALLY. UNLIKE OTHER GREAT APES HUMANS, CHIMPANZEES, GORILLAS), THEY WOULD WALK ON THEIR FISTS RATHER THAN THE KNUCKLES. |
| MAIN PREADATOR | TIGER AND LEOPARD |
| LIFESPAN IN THE WILD | 35-45 IN THE WILD |
| LIFESPAN IN CAPTIVITY | 60 YEARS |
