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Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Amoenit. Acad. vol.6 p.68

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Primates
family
Hominidae
genus
Pongo
species
Pongo pygmaeus

Name

Synonyms
Simia pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760
Homonyms
Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)
Common names
Bornean Orangutan in English
Bornean Orangutan in English
Bornean Orangutan in English
Bornean Orangutan in English
Bornean orangutan in language.
Bornean orangutan in English
Borneo-Orang-Utan in German
North-east Bornean Orangutan (morio) in English
North-west Bornean Orangutan (pygmaeus) in English
Orang-Utan in German
Orang-outan de Bornéo in French
Orang-utan in language.
Orangutan in language.
Orangutan in language.
Orangutan de Borneo in language.
Southwest Bornean Orangutan in English
Southwest Bornean Orangutan (wurmbii) in English
orang utan in language.
orangutan in English
orangutan in English
wurmbii in English
Bornean Orangutan in English
Orang-outan de Bornéo in French
Orang-után in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds., 2013: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. 951.
  2. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. xxxv + 743.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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