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The Chinese orangutan (Pongo weidenreichi) is an extinct species of orangutan from the Pleistocene of South China. It is known from fossil teeth found in the Sanhe Cave,[1][2] and Baikong, Juyuan and Queque Caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi.[3] Its dental dimensions are 20% bigger than those of living orangutans.[4] The youngest remains of the species date to between 57,000-66,000 years ago in Yincun Cave, Guangxi.[5]
Pongo weidenreichi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Genus: | Pongo |
Species: | †P. weidenreichi |
Binomial name | |
†Pongo weidenreichi Hooijer, 1948 | |
Synonyms | |
P. hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 |
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