What's the difference between baboons and orangutans?

Apes are a genus of primates.

Baboons are a genus of narrow-nosed primates.

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Orangutans' body hair is long and sparse, red and rough. When they were young, their hair color was bright orange, and some individuals became chestnut or dark brown in adulthood. The face is naked and black, but when I was a child, my eyes and nose and mouth were pink. Male height is about 137 cm, and female height is about 1 15 cm. The male weighs about 60 ~ 90 kg, and the female is about 40 ~ 50 kg.

Baboons are larger than orangutans in primates, with a body length of 50.8- 1 14.2 cm, a tail length of 38.2-7 1. 1 cm and a weight of 60 kg. The head is thick and long, the snout is prominent, the ears are small, the eyebrow arch is prominent, the eyes are deep, and the canine teeth are long and sharp, up to 5 cm; Hair is yellow, yellow-brown, green-brown to brown, rough, with short hair on the face and ears, long hair on the face, neck and shoulders of men, and short hair on women.

3. Habitat

Orangutans only live in tropical mountain forests, lowland borneol forests, tropical peat swamp forests and tropical health forests in Borneo and northern Sumatra. In northern Sumatra, about 9,000 orangutans live around a national park. Another 10000 ~ 15000 orangutans live in Borneo Island.

Baboons inhabit tropical rain forests, savanna, semi-desert grassland, plateau mountains, low hills, plains or canyon cliffs. The main ground activities, but also climb trees to sleep or feed. Good at swimming. Can cry out loud. During the day, they live in branches or caves and at night.

4. Eating habits

Orangutans mainly eat fruits (such as durian, rambutan, pineapple, litchi, mango, mango and fig), twigs, buds, insects and vines; Occasionally eat bird eggs and small vertebrates. Bananas, leaves and shoots, invertebrates, soil rich in minerals, vertebrates, seeds, bark or vines, drinking water in tree holes, honey, termites, etc.

Baboons are omnivores and can find food in almost any environment. Plants include vines, buds, leaves, grasses, roots, bark, buds, fruits, lichens, tubers, seeds, mushrooms, bulbs and rhizomes. In dry and arid areas, such as the desert in the northeast, they will feed on small invertebrates such as insects, grubs, spiders and scorpions. Occasionally eat birds and small vertebrates.

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