Orangutans

By: Joseph T.

    ...................Eat and sleep eat and sleep eat and sleep...................

Habitat

The orangutans live in tropical rainforests in Asia.

They specifically live in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and the low-lying swamps in Borneo.

They are the only great ape in Asia.

Orangutans are an endangered species.

Food and diet

Diet: fruit, leaves, seeds, tree bark, tender plant shoots, and flowers 

Food: insects, birds, and small mammals

Orangutans are omnivores (Eats meat and plants).

They are mostly herbivores though (eats only plants).   

Size and Weight              

Classification

* Kingdom - Animalia  (All Animals)

* Phylum - Chordata

* Subphylum - Vertebrate (Animal With Backbone)

* Class - Mammals are warm-blooded animals with fur and mammary glands

* Order - Primates (includes 11 families)

* Family -Pongidae (The great apes) 

* Genus - Pongo Species - Pygmaeus                          

Baby Orangutans

Female orangutans are pregnant for 8.5 - 9 months and give birth to a single baby. Young orangutans are weaned from their mothers at about 6-7 years of age.

Sleeping  Platforms, (Beds)

Each evening females make "nests" in tree branches for the night. These nests are made out of leaves and branches. The nests are shared by a mother and her nursing offspring. Sometimes, orangutans use a leaf as a "roof" to protect it from the rain. Orangutans often nap in the afternoon after a morning of obtaining food.

Description

They have orange hair all over their body except their face, hands and behind. Orangutans also have brownish dark skin. They have very long hooked arms.

Fun Facts

	Sometimes they can't hold on to branches because they're too heavy.
	Orangutans walk on all four legs.
	The cutting down of trees is why these animals lose their habitat and are on the endangered species list.
	They also bend branches and make mattresses out of leaves.

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