Pongo

See also: pongo

Translingual

Pongo pygmaeus

Etymology

From New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.

Proper noun

Pongo m

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Ponginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan) (species)

Derived terms

Pongidae

Further reading

Orangutan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pongo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pongo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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