Endangerment of orangutans (original) (raw)

There are three species of orangutan. The Bornean orangutan, the most common, can be found in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia. The Sumatran orangutan and the Tapanuli orangutan are both only found in Sumatra, Indonesia The conservation status of all three of these species is critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.