Great Apes

Large, tailless primates: gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and humans.

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A Bornean orangutan with long reddish hair climbing among forest trees.

Bornean OrangutanPongo pygmaeusA critically endangered red-haired great ape of Borneo's rainforests that lives mostly alone in the treetops and eats mostly fruit.

A chimpanzee sitting on a branch in Kibale Forest National Park.

ChimpanzeePan troglodytesAn endangered, tool-using great ape of African forests that lives in large communities.

A Sumatran orangutan with long orange hair sitting in tall grass.

Sumatran OrangutanPongo abeliiA critically endangered red-haired great ape of Sumatra's rainforests that lives mostly alone in the treetops and eats mostly fruit.

An adult male western lowland gorilla sitting on a log and looking at the camera.

Western Lowland GorillaGorilla gorilla gorillaA critically endangered great ape of Central Africa that lives in small family troops led by a silverback.