Amazing Sumatran Orangutans - Gentle Giants from the Gunung Leuser Natio...

Amazing Sumatran Orangutans - Gentle Giants from the Gunung Leuser National Park Rain Forest


Orangutans, along with gorillas are the most gentle natured of all the apes and will often sit for hours simply gazing at nothing in particular. Attacks by orangutans on humans are virtually unheard of.
The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. 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 of Sumatra. The species has been assessed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000. From 2000-2008 it was considered one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."

 Its common name is based on two separate local words, "orang" ("people" or "person") and "hutan" ("forest"), derived from the official language of Malaysia, Malay, and translates as 'person of the forest'.

The Sumatran orangutan is endemic to the north of Sumatra. In the wild, Sumatran orangutans only survive in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD), the northernmost tip of the island. There are small populations in the North Sumatra province along the border with NAD, particularly in the Lake Toba forests. A survey in the Lake Toba region found only two inhabited areas, Bukit Lawang (defined as the animal sanctuary) and Gunung Leuser National Park.

Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces. The national park, settled in the Barisan mountain range, is named after Mount Leuser (3,119 m), and protects a wide range of ecosystems. An orangutan sanctuary at Bukit Lawang is located within the park. Together with Bukit Barisan Selatan and Kerinci Seblat National Parks, it forms a World Heritage Site, the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.

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