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.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

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
ไทย: ลิงอุรังอุตัง
Tiếng Việt: Đười ươi
中文: 猩猩