Orangutang vs. Orangutan: What's the Difference?
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Which is correct: Orangutang or Orangutan
How to spell Orangutan?
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Orangutang is Incorrect
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Orangutan is Correct
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Orangutang and Orangutan Definitions
Orangutan
Either of two large arboreal apes, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo or P. abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.
Orangutan
Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).
Orangutan
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits