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orangutans  

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  • Orangutans are great apes of the genus Pongo; they are the largest living nonhuman primates after gorillas, and one of the most critically endangered. They live only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, in Southeast Asia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Orangutans]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Z8B9Z1G2-J

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