Pongo

Pongo pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Species (4): P. abelii – P. pygmaeus – †P. hooijeri – P. tapanuliensis

Name

Pongo Lacépède, 1799: 4

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

Synonyms

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

References

Primary references

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1799. Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du cours d'histoire naturelle. Donné dans le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, l'an VII de la République, et Tableaux methodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris. MDZ. Discours pp. 1–55. Mammifères pp. 1–18. Oiseaux pp. 1–20. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Groves, C.P. & Holthuis, L.B. 1985. The nomenclature of the Orang Utan. Zoologische Mededelingen 59: 411–417. Abstract and PDF.
• Schwartz, J.H., Long, V.T., Cuong, N.L., Kha, L.T. & 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.
• Elliot, D.G. 1907. A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.5572 Reference page.  [syn: p. 577]

Links

• Pongo in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

asturianu: Orangután
Boarisch: Orang-Utan
беларуская: Арангутаны
català: Orangutan
čeština: Orangutan
Deutsch: Orang-Utan
English: Orangutan
Esperanto: Orangutango
español: Orangután
suomi: Orangit
français: Orang-outan
galego: Orangután
עברית: אורנגאוטן
magyar: Orangután
Bahasa Indonesia: Orang utan
日本語: オランウータン属
ქართული: ორანგუტანი
한국어: 오랑우탄속
Bahasa Melayu: Orang Hutan
Nederlands: Orang oetan
polski: Orangutan
português: Orangotango
română: Urangutan
русский: Орангутан
slovenčina: Orangutan
svenska: Orangutang
ไทย: ลิงอุรังอุตัง
Tiếng Việt: Đười ươi
中文: 猩猩

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