Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oct 25, 2007.
From Wikipedia:The
orangutans are two
species of great apes known for their intelligence, long arms and reddish-brown hair. Native to
Indonesia and
Malaysia, they are currently found only in
rainforests on the islands of
Borneo and
Sumatra, though
fossils have been found in
Java,
Vietnam and
China. They are the only surviving species in the genus
Pongo and the subfamily
Ponginae (which also includes the extinct genera
Gigantopithecus and
Sivapithecus). Their name derives from the
Malay and
Indonesian phrase
orang hutan, meaning "man of the forest".
[2][3] The orangutan is an official state animal of
Sabah in Malaysia.