#0368 · 🦊 mammals
Bornean Orangutan
🇳🇱 Borneose Orang-oetan ·Pongo pygmaeus
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
what is it?
The Bornean orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus ) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,625 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 1.7 kg.
- Scientifically named in 1760 (266 years ago).
- Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Bornean Orangutan
- Nederlands
- Borneose Orang-oetan
- scientific name
- Pongo pygmaeus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Hominidae
- IUCN Red List
- CR · critically endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,625
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 1.7 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1760
IUCN in Dutch: ernstig bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hominidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43582, Wikidata Q599672, GBIF 5219532, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.