Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760) . Amoenit. Acad., 6: 68.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Borneo.''

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, N. W. of Lake Toba; discontinuous in Borneo.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Groves, 1971, Mamm. Species, 4:1 -6.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Pongidae and U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. pygmaeus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406009004001001.