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Pongo pygmaeus
(C. Linnaeus, 1760)
- orang-utan
(mammal)
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Pongo (Genus) - orangutan
..Pongo abelii (Species)
..Pongo pygmaeus (Species) - orang-utan
....Pongo pygmaeus morio (Subspecies)
....Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Subspecies)
....Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Linnaeus, 1760:68.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type, by original designation, of
:
Pongo
(Genus)
Lacépède, 1799
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus
(C. Linnaeus, 1760)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Homo sylvestris Orang Outang
J. de Bondt, 1658?, nom. inval.
Synonymous name
:
Pongo satyrus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
In (pro parte)
:
Homo nocturnus
Linnaeus, 1758
In (pro parte)
:
Homo troglodytes
C. Linnaeus, 1758, nom. oblit.
In (pro parte)
:
Simia satyrus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
: 277.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
orang-oetan
Ref:
1992
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
orang-utan
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