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This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of [[human]] beings and the rest of the great [[ape|apes]]. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, [[sexual dimorphism]], aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use. | This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of [[human]] beings and the rest of the great [[ape|apes]]. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, [[sexual dimorphism]], aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use. | ||
==Orangutan behavior== | |||
{{Taxobox | color = cyan | |||
| name = Orangutan | |||
| regnum= Animalia | |||
| phylum = Chordata | |||
| classis = Mammalia | |||
| ordo = Primates | |||
| familia = Hominidae | |||
| subfamilia = ponginae | |||
| genus = Pongo | |||
| genus_authority = [[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1799 | |||
| type_species = ''[[Bornean Orangutan|Pongo pygmaeus]]'' | |||
| type_species_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1760 | |||
}} | |||
The [[Orangutan]] (''Pongo pygmaeus'') is | |||
Revision as of 23:38, 22 April 2008
This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of human beings and the rest of the great apes. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, sexual dimorphism, aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use.
Orangutan behavior
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| Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760 |
The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is