orangutan
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Summary
orangutan is a taxon[1]. orangutan ranks in the top 0.042% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,852 views/month, #81 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Pongini[4]
- Taxon name: Pongo[5]
- Subclass of: primate[6], non-human animal[7]
- Commons category: Pongo[8]
- Taxonomic type: Pongo borneo[9]
- Unicode character: 🦧[10]
- Has part(s): Bornean orangutan[11], Sumatran orangutan[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Orangutans[13]
- Commons gallery: Pongo[14]
- Main food source: fruit[15]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Native label: orang hutan[22]
- Taxon common name: orangután de Bornéu[23], orangutan[24]
- Different from: Pongo[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
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Identifiers
orangutan's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43581[27]. orangutan's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9599[28]. orangutan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42005[29]. orangutan's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219531[30]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 572839[31] and 943947[32].
Discovery and Description
Things named for orangutan include Sokolsky Opening[33], a chess opening[34].
Why It Matters
orangutan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] orangutan is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for orangutan include Sokolsky Opening[33], a chess opening[34].