Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Critically Endangered
Population: 104,700
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Critically endangered Bornean Orangutans are the largest arboreal mammals in the world. Although they spend a lot of time in the trees they also walk significant distances on the ground. Historically, Bornean Orangutans were most abundant in in lowland rainforests and Dipterocarp mosaic forests, where movement between different habitats when there was a shortage of food. Their diet consists primarily of fruits, but also includes leaves, barks, flowers and insects. Their entire range is earmarked for destruction for palm oil and timber deforestation. They have become the symbols of palm oil related extinction risk and face a perilous future if we don’t STOP using palm oil RIGHT NOW. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Approximately a third of the entire Bornean Orangutan range was in commercial forest reserves exploited for timber, and about 45% was in forest areas earmarked for conversion to palm oil, agriculture or other land uses. A business-as-usual scenario, whereby non-protected forests would be converted along the lines of current development plans, will result in the loss of more than half of the current orangutan range on the island of Borneo in the next 50 years or so.
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Further Information
Ancrenaz, M., Gumal, M., Marshall, A.J., Meijaard, E., Wich , S.A. & Husson, S. 2016. Pongo pygmaeus (errata version published in 2018). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T17975A123809220. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17975A17966347.en. Downloaded on 24 January 2021.
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