Sumatran Orangutan

The genus Pongo abelii (Sumatran Orangutan) is classed as critically endangered below the IUCN red list. In 1994 the estimated number of Sumatran orang was 12,000. This number declined save in 2003 where the estimate shown 7,300 and again in 2008, estimating 6,500. This all the way is a massive reduction in the species population at a breathing out of 5500 orangutans in a 14 twelvemonth period. The Sumatran orangutan lives on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, and is normally found in the lowland and rough tropical rainforests.Indonesias forests are jeopardize with legal and illegal logging and deforestation. This is a huge problem, non only to the orangutans notwithstanding also to early(a) plant and animal life. This is a difficult living occurrence for the orangutan, which are living in small areas which are located at the northern region of the island. With this consisting of lesser forest areas, this offers rest period for the poachers and hunters. One of the bigger problems of this human threat to orangutans is the illegal pet trade.The poacher allow for have to kill the mother of the green they are snatching. This leaves the younger defenseless as they require care to survive. The younger orangutan is seen as a popular pet. This set up also result in further decline in meter as there are more world killed therefore less being futile to breed. The breeding period of the orangutan is a good deal slower than that of any other primate. The littler number of offspring being produced is not able to meet the rapidly decrease orangutan population.Over time this pass on develop into a worse recount as the decreasing numbers worsen. I have chosen to prioritize the genus Pongo abelli (Sumatran orangutan). This is because of the current conservation status labeled on this species. The recovery of this species will be slow. Although the threats to the orangutan are similar to that of the other species, they are incapable of producing larger num bers to cope with the much needed larger population in order to inhabit and are more capable of turn extinct.