Name: Orangutan

Scientific Name: Pongo pygmaeus

Description: The orangutan is the only great ape from Asia. This creature has a round face with a dark red coat. The male species has large face flaps.

Length: The males are about 3 feet long. The females are 2.6 feet long.

Weight: The males weigh 90 kilograms and the females weigh 50 kilograms.

Where it Lives: The orangutan lives in lowland swamps in Borneo and montane forests in northern Sumatra and Indonesia.

Does it Live in a group or pack? No, however, the orangutan is fairly playful.

Reproduction: After 9 months, a single orangutan is born. Young orangutans are able to cling to ride on mothers' backs after 5-7 months. They usually continue to ride on the mother's back for a few years. The young are weaned around 3 years, however, they are not sexually mature until they are 10-11 years. The orangutans usually live until 35 years of age.

Diet: The orangutan is a herbivore so it eats fruit, soil, eggs, small vertebrae, insects, shoots, and leaves.