{"id":371390,"date":"2026-09-09T17:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371390"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:44:40","slug":"bornean-orangutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bornean-orangutan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bornean Orangutan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Wildfires in Kalimantan affected 60.2% of Bornean orangutan habitat, putting its food sources, nesting trees and habitat connectivity at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Bornean Orangutan<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371428\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-WWF.jpg?resize=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bornean Orangutan\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-WWF.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-WWF.jpg?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-WWF.jpg?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; WWF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Bornean orangutan<\/strong> is a<strong>\u00a0great ape<\/strong> that <strong>naturally occurs in Borneo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Species Types:<\/strong> There are <strong>three recognized orangutan species &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Bornean, Sumatran and <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tapanuli-orangutan\/\">Tapanuli orangutans<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat and Distribution:<\/strong> The Bornean orangutan lives exclusively in the <strong>tropical lowland and montane rainforests<\/strong> on the <strong>island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Physical Features:<\/strong> It has <strong>darker skin and hair,<\/strong> <strong>very long arms, shorter legs and long, hook-like hands and feet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheek Pads:<\/strong> <strong>Mature males<\/strong> develop <strong>large, fleshy cheek pads<\/strong>, which become more noticeable with age.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arboreal Life:<\/strong> It is <strong>adapted to life in trees<\/strong> and <strong>uses semibrachiation to move through them.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Each night,<\/strong> it builds <strong>nests from branches and leaves<\/strong>, <strong>40\u201360 feet above the ground.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong> It mainly <strong>eats fruit, and a large part of its day is spent foraging and eating.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Behaviour:<\/strong> It <strong>generally does not live in large social groups<\/strong> because its fruit-based diet requires it to search widely for food.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Territorial Behaviour:<\/strong> Adult <strong>males may avoid or show aggression towards other males<\/strong> entering their territory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligence:<\/strong> It shows remarkable <strong>cognitive skills, including memorisation, object recognition, problem-solving and occasional tool use.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Wildfires<\/li>\n<li>Habitat destruction<\/li>\n<li>Poaching and illegal trafficking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: Critically Endangered<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Wildfires in Kalimantan affected 60.2% of Bornean orangutan habitat, putting its food sources, nesting trees and habitat connectivity at risk. About Bornean Orangutan The Bornean orangutan is a\u00a0great ape that naturally occurs in Borneo. Species Types: There are three recognized orangutan species &#8211;\u00a0Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutans. Habitat and Distribution: The Bornean orangutan lives&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bornean-orangutan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bornean Orangutan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-371390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}