Orang utan
Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, the orangutan is a species native island of Borneo. Sumatran orangutans along with a smaller, Borneo orangutans in the genus Pongo which can be found in Asia. Borneo Orangutans have long to live for 35 to 40 years in the wild, while in captivity can reach the age of 60 years.
Orangutans in Borneo is divided into three sub-types. Namely Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii morio. The total population of orangutans in Borneo currently around 55,000 individuals. Of the three sub-types of orangutans in Borneo, only two sub-species found living in West Kalimantan. That is, Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo pygmaeus pgymaeus wurmbii.
Orangutans are the only great ape found in Asia, precisely in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Other great apes in the African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), gorillas (Pan gorilla) and banobo (Pan paniscus). Orangutans belong to the Order Primates, Family Pongidae, and species Pongo pygmaeus (orangutans Borneo) and Pongo abelli (orangutans are found on the island of Sumatra).
The best habitat for the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in East Kalimantan is the natural tropical forest filled with plants, feed the rich fruit and leaves. Orangutan habitat is the tropical rain forest lowlands, swampy forest or forest hills at an altitude of 1500 mdpl. Now, they can only be found in Borneo and Sumatra forest (90%), while 10% of the forests of Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak).
Orangutans play an important role in the ecosystem. Some main role is to orangutans, with stabilizing disperse seeds of plants consumed. Orangutans are arboreal animals have large roaming areas broad and long lifetime. Thus play an important role in seed dispersal. Absence of orangutans in the rainforests may lead to the extinction of plant species distribution depending on the primate's.
In Borneo, especially Kapuas Hulu, the orangutan is one of the many tourism mascot attract tourists. Requests to make observations of orangutans in their natural habitat continues to increase. Along with the communities in the habitat of the orangutan to the beneficiaries. Social and economic good of tourism activities observed wild orangutans. (taken from some references and sites)
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