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Orangutans: People of the Forest

Orangutans: People of the Forest

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The word orangutan is derived from the Indonesian and Malay words for “person” and “forest”, or “person of the forest.”  The name was originally a reference to humans who lived in the forest, but later came to include these great apes.

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