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Hailing only from the island of Borneo, it’s the Bornean orangutan. Bornean orangutans happen to be the largest of the 3 species of orangutans. Unfortunately, they face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, logging, mining, quarrying, fires, and fire suppression; hunting; […]

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The Cross River gorilla hails only from Cameroon and Nigeria. They are a Critically Endangered subspecies of gorilla that have most recently been evaluated in 2016. These gorillas prefer to dwell in dense rainforest habitats lacking in human populations. They can be found at elevations of up to 6,683 feet, […]

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The Sumatran orangutan, aka Sumatran orang-utan, hails from the lowland tropical forests, mangrove forests, riparian forests, and swamp forests of Sumatra, in Indonesia. Orangutans are the only great apes to live outside of Africa. These beautiful primates face habitat destruction at the hands of agriculture, residential and commercial development, mining, […]

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