Orangutan

The orangutan is a great ape native to the Bornean and Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia. Infamous for their bright red fur and males with robust cheeks and throat pouches. At 3.5 to 5 feet tall, weighing 80 to 250 pounds, they are the largest arboreal animals in the world. As forests are burned and logged for palm oil plantations, they are left critically endangered. The fragmentation of their environment reduces genetic diversity, food sources, and increases their vulnerability to humans. In response, orangutans adapt by shifting their diet of fresh fruit to bark, young shoots, and the occasional small animal. If the destruction of their habitat continues, their fur could become shorter and duller for ground camouflage. They may knuckle walk like gorillas. Males may see a reduction of their cheek pads and throat pouches as vocalizations travel quicker on open land.