Bornean Orangutan
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Bornean Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
1 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo. It belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia and is the largest of the three Pongo species. It has a coarse, reddish coat and up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long arms. It is sexually dimorphic — males are larger than females and develop large cheek pads (flanges). The Bornean orangutan inhabits Borneo lowland rain forests and Borneo montane rain forests up to an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft). Its diet includes fruits, seeds, flowers, bird eggs, sap and vines. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Maroon Leaf Monkey
VU Endemic

Maroon Leaf Monkey

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Presbytis rubicunda

10–20% · With luck
Proboscis Monkey
EN Endemic

Proboscis Monkey

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Nasalis larvatus

10–20% · With luck
Crab-eating Macaque
EN Endemic

Crab-eating Macaque

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Macaca fascicularis

10–20% · With luck
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
EN

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Macaca nemestrina

Insufficient data
Philippine Slow Loris
VU

Philippine Slow Loris

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Nycticebus menagensis

Insufficient data
North Bornean Gray Gibbon
EN

North Bornean Gray Gibbon

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Hylobates funereus

Insufficient data
Kayan River Slow Loris
VU

Kayan River Slow Loris

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Nycticebus kayan

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bornean Orangutan at Kinabalu Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
60–70%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
40–50%
3 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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