Pongo
See also: pongo
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.
Proper noun edit
Pongo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Ponginae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan) (species)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Orangutan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pongo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Pongo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
