ORANG - UTANS

  • The animals travel in small groups during the day, feeding on leaves and fruit. At night they build an individual "nest" in the fork of a tree.
orang-utan
  • Adult males generally live alone.
  • Anthropoid ape native to the forests of Borneo and Sumatra.
  • Habitat destruction has made the orang-utan an endangered species.
  • All adults have fatty throat pouches.
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