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This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of [[human]] beings and the rest of the great [[ape|apes]]. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, [[sexual dimorphism]], aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use.
This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of [[human]] beings and the rest of the great [[ape|apes]]. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, [[sexual dimorphism]], aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use.


==Orangutan behavior==
{{Taxobox | color = cyan
| name = Orangutan
| regnum= Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis =  Mammalia
| ordo = Primates
| familia = Hominidae
| subfamilia = ponginae
| genus = Pongo
| genus_authority = [[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1799
| type_species = ''[[Bornean Orangutan|Pongo pygmaeus]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1760
}}


==Orangutan==
The [[Orangutan]] (''Pongo pygmaeus'') is
{{Taxobox| color = red
|name = Orangutan
|Kingdom = Animalia
|Phylum = Chordata
|Class =  Mammalia
|Order = Primates
|Family = Hominidae
|Subfamily = Pongidae
|Genus = Pongo
|Binomial = Pongo ''pygmaeus'' - [[Linnaeus]] 1758
}}

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This article will detail similarities and differences in the behaviors of human beings and the rest of the great apes. Topics covered will include sexual behavior, sexual dimorphism, aggression, family structure, political behavior, and tool use.

Orangutan behavior

Orangutan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Lacépède, 1799
Type species
Pongo pygmaeus
Linnaeus, 1760

The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is