AsiaCritically endangered
Bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
The largest tree-living animal. Orangutans spend almost their whole lives high in the rainforest canopy.
- Weight
- Up to 90 kg
- Size
- 2.2 m arm span
- Lifespan
- 35–45 years
- Top speed
- Slow climber
- Diet
- Mostly fruit
- Mammal group
- Placental
How heavy is that?
As heavy as 2 kids (40 kg each)
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Its arms are longer than its legs.
- Uses big leaves as umbrellas in the rain.
- A baby stays with its mother for about 8 years.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Bornean orangutan90 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe orangutan weighs about 2.3× as much as the kid
- Size
- Bornean orangutan2.2 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe orangutan is about 1.6× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Bornean orangutan—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Bornean orangutan45 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 1.8× as long as the orangutan
Food chain
- FruitProducer
Bornean orangutanThis animal