Orang-utan: Indonesia or Borneo?

Critically endangered, with a population thought to have dropped from 30,000 in 2000 to as low as 15,000 today, Orang-utans are now found on only two islands in the world: Borneo and Sumatra. With the equator running almost right through the middle of these islands, the 4th and 6th largest in the world respectively, this is the heart of the tropics and contains some of the most important wildlife habitats on the planet.



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  1. 1 dinda

    I don’t think orangutan can be found in Sumatera, orangutan is endemic to Borneo or Kalimantan.

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