Pongo

Pongo pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

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Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Species: P. abelii - P. pygmaeus - †P. hooijeri

Name

Pongo Lacépède, 1799

Type species: Pongo borneo Lacépède, 1799 (= Simia pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760)

Synonyms

• Faunus Oken, 1816 [unavailable]
• Lophotus Fischer, 1813
• Macrobates Bilberg, 1828
• Satyrus Lesson, 1840

References

• Groves, C.P.; Holthuis, L.B. 1985: The nomenclature of the Orang Utan. Zoologische Mededelingen, 59: 411-417. ISSN: 0024-0672
• Schwartz, J.H.; Vu The Long; Nguyen Lan Cuong, Le Trung Kha; Tattersall, I. 1995: A review of the Pleistocene hominoid fauna of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (excluding Hylobatidae). Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, (76): 1-24. Abstract & pdf
• Pongo in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names

Asturianu: Orangután
Bahasa Indonesia: Orang utan
Bahasa Melayu: Orang Hutan
Boarisch: Orang-Utan
Català: Orangutan
Česky: Orangutan
Deutsch: Orang-Utan
English: Orangutan
Español: Orangután
Esperanto: Orangutango
Français: Orang-outan
한국어: 오랑우탄속
עברית: אורנגאוטן
Magyar: Orangután
Nederlands: Orang oetan
日本語: オランウータン
Polski: Orangutan
Português: Orangotango
Română: Urangutan
Русский: Орангутан
Slovenčina: Orangutan
Suomi: Orangit
Svenska: Orangutang
Tiếng Việt: Đười ươi
中文: 猩猩