Taxonavigation

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Species (4): P. abelii – P. pygmaeus – †P. hooijeri – P. tapanuliensis

Name

Pongo Lacépède, 1799

Type species: Pongo borneo Lacépède, 1799 (= Simia pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760)

References

• Groves, C.P. & Holthuis, L.B. 1985. The nomenclature of the Orang Utan. Zoologische Mededelingen 59: 411–417. Abstract and PDF.
• Schwartz, J.H., Long, V.T., Cuong, N.L., Kha, L.T. & Tattersall, I. 1995. A review of the Pleistocene hominoid fauna of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (excluding Hylobatidae). Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History (76): 1–24. Abstract & PDF.

• Elliot, D.G. 1907. A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.5572 Reference page.  (See page 577 for synonyms.)
• Pongo in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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