What kinds of mammals are orangatuns?

Orangutans are great apes. This means they are closely related to humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas. They belong to the family Hominidae.

Specifically, orangutans are classified as:

* Order: Primates

* Suborder: Haplorhini

* Infraorder: Simiiformes

* Parvorder: Catarrhini

* Superfamily: Hominoidea

* Family: Hominidae

* Genus: Pongo

There are two species of orangutans:

* Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

* Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Both species are classified as critically endangered.