Published May 31, 2016 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus 1760

  • 1. Independent Researcher, Bray Park, QLD, Australia;
  • 2. School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia;
  • 3. Department of Life Sciences, Mammal Group, The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Description

Pongo pygmaeus possibly unnamed subspecies

[?] Simia Agrias Schreber, 1799

Southern Kalimantan, Indonesia, between the Kahayan and Kapuas rivers and formerly possibly farther west to Pontianak (in which case it takes the name Pongo pygmaeus borneo). Resembles Pongo pygmaeus borneo in palate size but rest of skull much larger.

Notes

Published as part of Brandon-Jones, Douglas, Groves, Colin P. & Jenkins, Paulina D., 2016, The type specimens and type localities of the orangutans, genus Pongo Lacépède, 1799 (Primates: Hominidae), pp. 2051-2095 in Journal of Natural History 50 on page 2086, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1190414, http://zenodo.org/record/3992882

Files

Files (709 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:7e3a2a6730c022cd9f8d0cafcf35e6d3
709 Bytes Download

System files (6.3 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:5a1dce93ab3a78ed4ec8da9f5120d37f
6.3 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Hominidae
Genus
Pongo
Species
pygmaeus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760 sec. Brandon-Jones, Groves & Jenkins, 2016

References

  • Schreber JCDV. 1799. Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplement. Leipzig: Weigel. [Published before 26 January 1800, see Sherborn (1892, p. 590).].