where do orangutans come from
Two islands in southeast Asia â Borneo and Sumatra â are the only places where orangutans live. Each island has its own species of orangutan, that's named after the island. So Sumatran orangutans live on Sumatra and Bornean orangutans live on Borneo. Sumatra is part of Indonesia, while Borneo is divided among three countries. Bornean orangutans live in both Indonesia and Malaysia. Overall, Indonesia is where about 80 percent of the world's wild orangutans remain. Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) come from the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) on the northwest part of Sumatra.