Sumatran Orangutan

The pongo abelii (Sumatran Orangutan) is classed as critically endangered downstairs the IUCN red list. In 1994 the estimated number of Sumatran orangutan was 12,000. This number declined advertize in 2003 where the estimate shown 7,300 and again in 2008, estimating 6,500. This clearly is a colossal reduction in the species population at a loss of 5500 orangutans in a 14 year period. The Sumatran orangutan lives on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, and is commonly found in the lowland and hilly tropical rain qualitys.Indonesias forests be threatened with legal and illegal logging and deforestation. This is a huge problem, non only to the orangutans but also to other plant and animal life. This is a difficult living situation for the orangutan, which argon living in littler aras which are located at the northern region of the island. With this consisting of lesser forest areas, this offers ease for the poachers and hunters. One of the bigger problems of this human threat to o rangutans is the illegal favorite trade.The poacher will start out to kill the mother of the young they are snatching. This leaves the younger defenseless as they require care to survive. The younger orangutan is seen as a popular pet. This can also result in further decline in numbers as there are more being killed therefore less being unable to breed. The demeanor period of the orangutan is lots slower than that of any other primate. The smaller number of offspring being produced is not able to meet the apace decreasing orangutan population.Over time this will develop into a worse state as the decreasing numbers worsen. I have chosen to prioritize the pongo abelli (Sumatran orangutan). This is because of the current conservation status designate 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 numbers to cope with the much needed larger populatio n in order to exist and are more capable of becoming extinct.