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title: "Orangutan borneański"
description: "Pongo pygmaeus — Ssaki. The Bornean orangutan is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/bornean-orangutan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orangutan borneański

> Pongo pygmaeus — Ssaki. The Bornean orangutan is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo.

- Scientific name: *Pongo pygmaeus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 3487
- Wikidata: [Q599672](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599672)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43582](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43582)

## Names

- en: Bornean Orangutan
- de: Borneo-Orang-Utan
- es: Orangután de Borneo
- fr: Orang-outan de Bornéo
- nl: Borneose orang-oetan
- pt: Orangotango-de-bornéu
- pl: Orangutan borneański

## Countries with the most observations

MY (2007), ID (550)

## Summary

The Bornean orangutan is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo. It belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia and is the largest of the three Pongo species. It has a coarse, reddish coat and up to 1.5 m long arms. It is sexually dimorphic — males are larger than females and develop large cheek pads (flanges).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67779020

## Machine access

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