Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammals
Order:
Primates
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Ponginae
Elliot, 1912
Genus:
Pongo
Lacépède, 1799
Orangutans (or orangutans, other names are mawas) are a type of great ape with long arms and reddish or brown fur, which live in tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, especially on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra..