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Taxon: Species Pongo pygmaeus (C. Linnaeus, 1760) - orang-utan (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Linnaeus, 1760:68.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination

Types

Type, by original designation, ofPongo (Genus) Lacépède, 1799
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (C. Linnaeus, 1760)

Synonyms

Synonymous nameHomo sylvestris Orang Outang J. de Bondt, 1658?, nom. inval.
Synonymous namePongo 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 nameorang-oetan Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameorang-utan
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