26 35 ft 08 11 m 110 lb 50 kg male. An orangutans standing height averages from 4 to 5 ft 12 to 15 m and weighs between 73 to 180 pounds 33 to 82 kg. 32 45 ft 1 14 m 200 lb 90 kg. Males can weigh up to 250 lb 110 kg or more. Both of which lie within the indonesia island archipelago. Females weigh 37 kg 82 pounds or less.
There 2 known species of orangutan the sumatran which resides on the asian island of sumatra and the borneo which resides on the asian island of borneo. The adult male is typically twice the size of the female and may attain a height of 13 metres 43 feet and a weight of 130 kg 285 pounds in the wild. Adult males weigh between 50 to 90 kg 110 to 198 lb and can stand between 125 to 15 m 41 5 ft in height. Adult females weigh between 30 to 50 kg 66 to 110 lb and stand about one m 33 ft in height. Natural history orangutans are not as powerfully built as the gorilla but are larger than the chimpanzee. Females weigh 815 pounds 37 kg on average.
A male may stretch his arms some 7 feet from fingertip to fingertipa reach considerably longer than his standing height of about 5 feet. Orangutans are the worlds largest arboreal tree dwelling mammals. Orang means person in malay while utan means forest. Orangutans have an enormous arm span.
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