Orangutan

📸 Photo by Bob Brewer on Unsplash
High in Borneo and Sumatran rainforests, orangutans glide between branches on two-metre arms, plucking figs and durians and building fresh leaf nests each night. These gentle red apes live mostly alone, raising one slow-growing baby at a time, and vanish fast as logging eats the canopy.
Technical factsheet
Type:Mammal
Habitat:Rainforest
Diet:Frugivore
Continents:Asia
Size:1.2–1.8 m standing height
Weight:40–80 kg
Activity:Diurnal
Social behavior:Solitary
Lifespan:40–50 years in the wild