Pongo grovesei

Pongo grovesei
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pongo
Species:
P. grovesei
Binomial name
Pongo grovesei
Cameron et al., 2025

Pongo grovesei is an extinct species of Orangutan that lived during the Pleistocene epoch being known from the caves of Làng Tráng and Kéo Lèng in Northern Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cameron, David W.; Ciochon, Russell L.; Vu, Long; Nguyen, Anh Tuan (2025). "Morphology of the Upper Post Canine Complex of Pleistocene Ponginae From Vietnam—Anatomical Variability and Systematics". American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186 (4). doi:10.1002/ajpa.70049. ISSN 2692-7691.