How big does a Bornean orangutan get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) reaches an average size of 89 cm (3′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 60 years, they grow from 1.65 kg (3.63 lbs) to 52.97 kg (116.78 lbs). A Bornean orangutan has 1 babies at once. The Bornean orangutan (genus: Pongo) is a member of the family Hominidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans.The Bornean orangutan is a critically endangered species, with deforestation, palm oil plantations, and hunting posing a serious threat to its continued existence.
Animals of the same family as a Bornean orangutan
We found other animals of the Hominidae family:
- Eastern gorilla bringing 149.33 kilos (329.22 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran orangutan bringing 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs) to the scale
- Homo sapiens with 1 babies per litter
- Chimpanzee with a size of 79.6 cm (2′ 8″)
- Western gorilla with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Bonobo with a size of 75.3 cm (2′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Bornean orangutan
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bornean orangutan:
- Buru babirusa with a size of 95 cm (3′ 2″)
- African civet with a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″)
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Chimpanzee with a size of 79.6 cm (2′ 8″)
- Culpeo with a size of 72 cm (2′ 5″)
- Giant armadillo with a size of 87.4 cm (2′ 11″)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- Red goral with a size of 1.04 meter (3′ 5″)
- Springbok with a size of 1.06 meter (3′ 6″)
- Coyote with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bornean orangutan
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bornean orangutan:
- Yellow baboon
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat
- Sloth bear
- Black crested gibbon
- Darling’s horseshoe bat
- Celebes crested macaque
- Bushveld elephant shrew
- Coppery ringtail possum
- Bonnet macaque
- Indri
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bornean orangutan
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bornean orangutan:
- Berardius with an average maximal age of 71 years
- Common minke whale with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Bonobo with an average maximal age of 48 years
- Baikal seal with an average maximal age of 56 years
- Caspian seal with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Western gorilla with an average maximal age of 54 years
- Chimpanzee with an average maximal age of 60 years
- White rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Caspian seal with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Baikal seal with an average maximal age of 56 years
Animals with the same weight as a Bornean orangutan
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pongo pygmaeus:
- Hector’s dolphin with a weight of 50 kilos (110.23 lbs)
- Visayan spotted deer with a weight of 46.48 kilos (102.47 lbs)
- Capybara with a weight of 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs)
- Sun bear with a weight of 57.04 kilos (125.75 lbs)
- Chimpanzee with a weight of 45.03 kilos (99.27 lbs)
- Brown hyena with a weight of 42.98 kilos (94.75 lbs)
- Capybara with a weight of 47.5 kilos (104.72 lbs)
- Goat with a weight of 47.14 kilos (103.93 lbs)
- Bohor reedbuck with a weight of 43.09 kilos (95 lbs)
- Chilean dolphin with a weight of 45 kilos (99.21 lbs)