Pongo weidenreichi
| Chinese orangutan Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Pongo |
| Species: | †P. weidenreichi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pongo weidenreichi Hooijer, 1948
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| Synonyms | |
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P. hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 | |
The Chinese orangutan (Pongo weidenreichi) is an extinct species of orangutan from the Pleistocene of South China and possibly Southeast Asia.