Gigantopithecus (SciiFii)

The giant orangutan (Gigantopithecus blacki, name meaning "Davidson Black's giant ape"), also known as the titanic orangutan, the ground orangutan, and the giant ground orangutan, is a species of ape that originally existed from 9 million years to as recently as 100,000 years ago in China and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern rainforests, forests, swamps, and open woodlands of southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia to help boost biodiversity. It is the largest known primates that has ever live, standing up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) and weighing as much as 540–600 kg (1,190–1,320 lb), although females are much smaller, at roughly 1.8–2 m (5.9–6.6 ft) in height and 180–300 kg (400–660 lb) in weight. The giant orangutan is a generalist herbivore of C3 forest plants, with the jaw adapted to grinding, crushing, and cutting through tough, fibrous plants; and the thick enamel functioning to resist foods with abrasive particles such as stems, roots, and tubers with dirt. Due to its size as an adult, it is too big to climb trees and other structures, instead, it spends its entire life on the ground and only baby giant orangutans can climb trees, in a manner similar to how baby grizzly bears can climb trees unlike adults. At first we might think that giant orangutans were never extinct even today, and they could have actually evolve into the legendary Yeti (or Abominable snowman) if it actually exists... even though its footprints actually belong to a Himalayan brown bear that walks on its hind legs. The conservation status of the giant orangutan is Vulnerable due to habitat loss and some poaching, however, the conservationists have since protected giant orangutans and their natural habitats.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Mammals
Category:Cenozoic Park