Sumatran Orangutan

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Pongo abelii

Sumatran Orangutan, a reference photo
Photo: Fiver, der Hellseher · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered, and found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also found in Sumatra.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Sumatran Orangutan being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Hominidae
Genus
Pongo
Species
Pongo abelii

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