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Sandra (orangutan)
Sandra (born February 14, 1986, in Rostock Zoo in East Germany) is an orangutan, currently living in the Center for Great Apes in Florida after being moved from the Buenos Aires Zoo in 2019. Sandra was involved in a historic legal case in Argentina over whether an orangutan could receive legal protections as a "nonhuman person." Biography Sandra as born on Valentine's Day at Rostock Zoo in East Germany. She is a hybrid orangutan of the two separate species of Borneo and Sumatra orangutans. Sandra (then called Marisa) was transferred to other zoos in Germany, then to Argentina on September 17, 1994. At the Buenos Aires Zoo, the name of the orangutan was changed to Sandra. At Buenos Aires Zoo, Sandra lived in a concrete and steel bar cage. Sandra had a baby boy called Gembira, born on March 1999, but she was separated from him when he was transferred to Xixiakou Wild Animal Park in Rongcheng, China. At one point, Sandra was transferred to Cordoba Zoo. The zoos wanted Sandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangutan
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus ''Pongo'', orangutans were originally considered to be one species. In 1996, they were divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (''P. pygmaeus'', with three subspecies) and the Sumatran orangutan (''P. abelii''); a third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (''P. tapanuliensis''), was identified definitively in 2017. The orangutans are the only surviving members of the subfamily Ponginae, which diverged genetically from the other hominids (gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans) between 19.3 and 15.7 million years ago. The most arboreal of the great apes, orangutans spend most of their time in trees. They have proportionally long arms and short legs, and have reddish-brown hair covering their bodies. Adult males weigh about , while female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
