Katung Fa vs Sumatran orangutan

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

  • Katung Fa is Least Concern while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Katung Fa Sumatran orangutan
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา) Primates (อันดับวานร)
Family Apocynaceae Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus Alstonia Pongo (Orangutans)
Species Alstonia macrophylla Pongo abelii

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Katung Fa Sumatran orangutan
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

No description available.

Sumatran orangutan

No description available.

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