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Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus  (Linnaeus, 1760)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 945347

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Pithecus tuakensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus batangtuensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus dadappensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus genepaiensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus landakkensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus rantaiensis Selenka, 1896
  
    Pithecus satyrus skalauensis Selenka, 1896
  
  Common Name(s): North-west Bornean Orangutan [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyHominoidea Gray, 1825  
                                           FamilyHominidae Gray, 1825 – man-like primates, Great Apes  
                                              SubfamilyPonginae Elliot, 1913 – orangutans  
                                                 GenusPongo Lacépède, 1799 – orangutans  
                                                    SpeciesPongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760) – orangutan, Bornean Orangutan  
                                                       SubspeciesPongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760) – North-west Bornean Orangutan  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands   
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus, North-west Bornean Orangutan [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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