Bornean orangutan is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo.
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10 Facts About Bornean orangutan
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Also called mias by the local population, the Bornean orangutan is a critically endangered species, with deforestation, palm oil plantations, and hunting posing a serious threat to its continued existence.
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Bornean orangutan is the third-largest ape after the western gorilla, and the largest truly arboreal extant ape.
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Bornean orangutan diet is composed of over 400 types of food, including wild figs, durians, leaves, seeds, bird eggs, flowers, sap, vines, honey, fungi, spider webs, insects, and, to a lesser extent than the Sumatran orangutan, bark.
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Bornean orangutan is more common than the Sumatran, with about 104,700 individuals in the wild, whereas just under 14,000 Sumatran orangutans are left in the wild.
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When forest is burned down to clear room for palm oil plantations, not only does the Bornean orangutan suffer from habitat loss, but several individuals have been burned and killed in fires.
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November 2011 survey, based on interviews with 6,983 respondents in 687 villages across Kalimantan in 2008 to 2009, gave estimated Bornean orangutan killing rates of between 750 and 1800 in the year leading up to April 2008.
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The Bornean orangutan was found at a palm oil plantation in Indonesian Borneo.
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Bornean orangutan has been linked to the fact that it has gone through a deep divergence in relation to its relatives and ancestors.
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