Since their arrival in south-east Asia modern humans have been fascinated by this slow-moving and majestic mammal with their name in the native Malay language meaning “man of the forest” or “forest people”. Bornean orangutans are remarkably similar to us both in their appearance and behavio...
As you might already know, it is a Latin term meaning greatest or largest, which reflects the size of the Asian elephant. It is also where we get the English term maximum. Borneensis, a Latinized word for Borneo, refers only to the specific subspecies of Borneo. There are actually four ...
The words "orang utan" are derived from the Malay words "orang" meaning man and "hutan" meaning forest, thus actually meaning "people of the forest." Teeth can indeed give useful evidence of general affinities between related species. The morphology of the molar and incisor teeth of most ...