Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni Schwartz et al. 1995 (Bornean orangutan)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: J. H. Schwartz, V. T. Long, N. L. Cuong, L. T. Kha, and I. Tattersall. 1995. A review of the Pleistocene hominoid fauna of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (excluding Hylobatidae). Anthropological Paper of the American Museum of Natural History 76:1-23

Belongs to Pongo pygmaeus according to J. H. Schwartz et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Pongo pygmaeus devosi, Pongo pygmaeus fromageti, Pongo pygmaeus kahlkei, Pongo pygmaeus morio

Type specimen: IAH LT93.C2. B5.28, a tooth (/M3). Its type locality is Lang Trang Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave breccia in Vietnam.

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Lang Trang Cave

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