Orangutan Quiz: Trivia Questions and Answers
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Orangutans are ape-like apes, one of the closest to humans in DNA homology. Earlier they inhabited the whole of Southeast Asia, but nowadays they live only in Borneo and Sumatra.
The Orangutan Quiz consists of 10 multiple choice trivia questions. Test your knowledge of this animal!
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1. Where can orangutans be currently found?
Borneo and Sumatra
2. Which genus do orangutans belong to?
Pongo
3. What is the current conservation status of orangutans?
Critically endangered (CR)
4. When was the Tapanuli orangutan identified?
2017
5. The name "orangutan" is derived from the Malay and Indonesian, what does it mean?
"a person of the forest"
6. When did the largest known primate, Gigantopithecus, become extinct?
100,000 years ago
7. Who was the first to scientifically describe the orangutan?
Carl Linnaeus
8. What is the average weight of an adult male orangutan?
75 kg
9. What is the average height of an adult female orangutan?
115 cm
10. What was the first country to recognize a non-human primate as having legal rights?
Argentina