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- noun Plural form of
orang-utan .
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During a year-long study of the Sumatran orang-utans of Gunung Leuser National Park, palaeoanthropologist Susannah Thorpe of the University of Birmingham spotted apes in the trees on almost 3,000 occasions, including numerous instances were they walked erect.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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They flourished 12.5 to 8.5 million years ago and had bodies shaped like chimpanzees, but heads more like those of modern orang-utans.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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Morphologically they seem to fall between Sivapithecus and modern orang-utans.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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Environmentalists regard unsustainable palm oil production as a danger not only for orang-utans, elephants, tigers and rhinos in Asia, but also to the climate of the planet as enormous amounts of carbon dioxide are released when forests or peat lands are destroyed.
Retail and food industry improving palm oil sourcing, says WWF 2011
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Elephants gestate for 22 months, giraffes 16 months, orang-utans 8 months.
Guest Author: Nikki Logan Nalini Singh 2010
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All of the above, including modern orang-utans, seem to have descended from a genus of ancient apes known as Sivapithecus.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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Elephants gestate for 22 months, giraffes 16 months, orang-utans 8 months.
Archive 2010-02-01 Nalini Singh 2010
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Sinar Mas has large areas of intact rainforest under concession waiting to be cleared for acacia plantations, including areas around Bukit Tigapuluh National Park which is a vitally important habitat for the highly endangered Sumatran tiger, as well as being one of the only sites where equally threatened orang-utans are reintroduced to the wild.
Daniel Kessler: Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia's rainforests too 2010
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Sinar Mas has large areas of intact rainforest under concession waiting to be cleared for acacia plantations, including areas around Bukit Tigapuluh National Park which is a vitally important habitat for the highly endangered Sumatran tiger, as well as being one of the only sites where equally threatened orang-utans are reintroduced to the wild.
Daniel Kessler: Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia's rainforests too 2010
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The new evidence is much more striking, showing a level of understanding similar to that of chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans. via: scotsman. com
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