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title: "Sumatran Orangutan"
description: "Pongo abelii — Mammiferi. The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sumatran-orangutan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sumatran Orangutan

> Pongo abelii — Mammiferi. The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans.

- Scientific name: *Pongo abelii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1183
- Wikidata: [Q543424](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543424)
- iNaturalist taxon: [569678](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/569678)

## Names

- en: Sumatran Orangutan
- de: Sumatra-Orang-Utan
- es: Orangután de Sumatra
- fr: Orang-outan de Sumatra
- nl: Sumatraanse orang-oetan
- pt: Orangotango-de-sumatra
- pl: Orangutan sumatrzański

## Countries with the most observations

ID (794)

## Summary

The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. Critically endangered, and found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also found in Sumatra.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatran_orangutan

## Photo

![Sumatran Orangutan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sumatran-orangutan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellen Arce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253517410

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sumatran-orangutan?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).