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Orangutan Trip
We will take you to meet one of the human's
closest living relatives in animal kingdoms: Orangutan (pongo pygmaeus
pygmaeus sp.) living free at their natural home at Camp Leakey, Tanjung
Harapan and Pondok Tanguy stations inside the misty rain forest surrounded
by proboscis monkeys, macaques, gibbons, birds including the giant
hornbills and other exotic flora and fauna. You will explore the quit
river on a traditional boat ( "African Queen" river boat style) and having
some short walk around the stations.
The orangutans are two species of
great apes known for their intelligence and their 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 extant 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 "person of the forest".
About a million years ago, orangutans lived throughout much of Asia,
from Java in the south, right up into Laos and southern China. Today
they are found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
Asia's only great ape, the orangutan has recently been re-classified
as belonging to two distinct species, reflecting their geographical
distribution: Pongo pygmaeus (on Borneo) and Pongo abelii (on
Sumatra).
The two species show slightly different physical characteristics.
Sumatran orangutans have a narrower face and longer beard than the
Bornean species. Bornean orangutans are slightly darker in colour
and the males have wider cheek pads than their Sumatran relatives.
Behavioural differences have also been observed between the two
species; Sumatran orangutans are more frugivorous (fruit-eating) and
there is evidence of tool use than in Bornean orangutans.
Under the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red
List, the Sumatran orangutan is classified as critically endangered
and the Bornean as endangered.
Orangutan Trip Packages
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3 Days Orangutan Trip
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4 Days Orangutan Trip
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Dayak Tribe -
Orangutan trip
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