Monkey Apple vs Sumatran orangutan

Annona glabra compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

• Monkey Apple is Least Concern while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Monkey Apple	Sumatran orangutan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Annonaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Annona	Pongo (Orangutans)
Species	Annona glabra	Pongo abelii

Conservation Status

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Monkey Apple	Sumatran orangutan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.